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Zoe Ellen Lofgren is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 19th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren has served in Congress since January 6, 1999, making her one of the longest-serving members of the House. Throughout her tenure, she has focused on various issues, including trade, technology, and immigration reform. Lofgren has been an advocate for American jobs and has emphasized the importance of international trade, particularly with China.
I strongly object to the 5,000 per year cap on trafficking of victim visas imposed by the majority. The majority has not been able to cite a single bit of evidence in the hearing or in the markup to support a cap of 5,000. We understand…
we should vote for PNTR today. At the beginning of the millennium, we should not regress and isolate China. We should help engage China in the world community. In truth, we had a Cold War. Communism lost, capitalism won. Now our economic…
I know that I join many in America by saying that I do not like the current system. April 15 is not a delightful day, and I think we can agree on that on a bipartisan basis. However, the fact that the current Tax Code could be improved is…
as I have listened to the words here today, I must say that I am more encouraged today than I have been since last August by what has been said. I am hopeful that we will in fact be able to achieve what I think is achievable. I think it is…
No one law or measure will solve every problem. We know that. I think that we have heard a lot of discussion not only here today in these chambers but from individuals outside of this body critical of really very modest gun safety measures…
Mr. Speaker, for 8 months the conference committee on the juvenile justice bill has done nothing, has not met. In fact, the last and the only meeting of the conference committee that has the opportunity to deal with the issue of gun safety…
Mr. Speaker, for nearly a year, we have seen the Republican leadership scheme with their special interest friends to kill meaningful gun safety reform. Behind closed doors, yes, they have threatened Members of this House, they have twisted…
Mr. Speaker, I am sure that the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hutchinson) spoke what he thought was accurate, but I do not believe it is, in fact, accurate. I understand from our staff on the Democratic side that there has been no…
I oppose the bill before us today, and I think it is worth pointing out that I am joined in this opposition by the Violence Policy Center, the National Conference of State Legislatures, Handgun Control, as well as the attorney general of…
H.R. 2436 creates a separate Federal criminal offense for harm to, quote, an unborn child, with the legal status separate from that of the woman. The Lofgren-Conyers substitute creates a separate Federal criminal offense for harm to a…
Mr. Chairman, neither Congress nor the United States Supreme Court has ever afforded legal status to an unborn child, and it is undisputed, I think, that H.R. 436 would be the first such congressional recognition. Similarly, there is no…
I would like to quote some of the editorial that ran in the New York Times on September 14. The editorial is entitled ``On a Dangerous Path to Fetal Rights.'' The New York Times points out: ``Congressional opponents of abortion rights have…
I object to this whole process, first of all on the basis of the public process by which we arrive at it. This is a parliament. This is no longer a Congress. It is a parliament where one party rams things through without having hearings on…
I oppose this bill, and I would urge my colleagues in the House, who believe that Roe versus Wade should be upheld and honored because it protects the reproductive choice of women in America, to vote against this bill. I will offer later…
In conclusion of this debate, I am hopeful that this Lofgren-Conyers substitute is in fact adopted by this body. Now, there are some who argue that up to a life sentence is too harsh for the perpetrator of violence on a woman who would…
this partisan amendment is overtly aimed at the First Lady of the United States and no one else. Now candidates in Government planes pay back the Government for any part of their travel which is campaign related. If a candidate has to be…
On title V, and this is something of actual considerable concern to me, the bill was amended to retain existing law for ex parte reexaminations. For inter parte's reexamination the basic framework in the bill was retained under title V but…
I would hope that we might move apace to adopt this resolution. I have two teenage children. They will be starting high school again this fall. They will be starting school, before this House finishes our annual recess. I would like to be…
Finally at this point, Mr. Speaker, I note that one change that I think I support but I have some concerns about is that the Patent and Trademark Office would be authorized to publish documents electronically. That makes sense, but because…
Vietnam should be able to trade with America, but only when Hanoi halts human rights abuses and establishes a fair, sound economic environment that embraces human rights. It is clear that Vietnam is eager to have an economic relationship…
Mr. Speaker, the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 revamps our patent system so it is ready to meet the challenge of our Nation's high-tech industry and the global economy. We had a spirited debate in the last Congress on our…
All right. So that is an accommodation that we have done, given that legislation is sausage making, to move this whole process forward. On title IV there is a provision permitting applicants to request the issuance of a patent as soon as…
under title VI the Public Advisory Committee for Patents has been altered to provide a quarter of the representation to independents, so-called independent inventors. There is concern that institutional inventors, including universities…
I do not believe we need to specify the security issues in this bill, but I accept the chairman's commitment to work with me, and I am sure with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), to ensure the encrypted security of these…
I rise to express my opposition to House Joint Resolution 57 disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (or normal trade relations) to the People's Republic of China.
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