Zoe Lofgren has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995. She represents the 19th District of California, based in the “Capital of Silicon Valley,” San Jose, and the Santa Clara Valley.
A lifelong Bay Area resident and the daughter of a truck driver and a cafeteria cook, Zoe attended public schools and attended Stanford University on a California State Scholarship, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 1970. Prior to attending Stanford, Lofgren worked the night shift at the Eastman Kodak plant in Palo Alto to save money for non-tuition college expenses not covered by her scholarship. After graduating from Stanford, she attended, with the help of a scholarship, Santa Clara University School of Law, graduating cum laude in 1975.
It is terrible each time our nation witnesses another act of gun violence.
As the only advanced nation in the world that suffers from a seemingly unending string of mass shootings, it is clear Congress should take reasonable steps to address this public health crisis and ensure our communities are safe. Zoe supported the creation of a Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention in the House to examine our existing firearms purchaser background check system as well as other methods to prevent and reduce gun violence. However, the Republican leadership has so far refused to act, and has repeatedly blocked the House from debating these measures despite Democrats’ continued calls.
Zoe has cosponsored a number of bills to support commonsense reforms to ensure all Americans are safe and secure from gun violence: