After celebrating the holidays with her family and recovering from a bout of Covid, Zoe Lofgren flew back to Washington, DC on Jan. 2 to begin her new term representing California’s 18th Congressional District in the US Congress. The district follows Highway 101 from San Jose to south of King City and includes parts of Morgan Hill, Gilroy, San Benito County and Watsonville as well as Salinas and the cities of Monterey’s South County.
First elected in 1994, Lofgren has served in Congress for three decades, and is one of the legislative body’s most senior members. Lofgren chairs the 46-member California Democratic Delegation and is the ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. She also serves on the Judiciary, Immigration and Antitrust subcommittees.
She took time to respond in writing to questions from Weeklys Media Group Executive Editor Dan Pulcrano, addressing key issues and the evolving political landscape as the new Congress and executive team assume power in the nation’s capital…