Honorable Zoe Lofgren
Representative, California, Democrat
Rep. Lofgren has served California’s 18th Congressional District since 1994. She is a member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and is also a ranking member on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. The follow are excerpts from her remarks delivered on the House floor on July 22 regarding the Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act. When a member of the House Judiciary Committee asked Shira Perlmutter, the register of copyrights and the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, for her opinion of the Pro Codes Act, this is what she said: “The public should have…
