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She strongly supports [[gun control]] and was one of 17 members of Congress who filed [[amicus curiae]] briefs in favor of [[gun control]] in the [[Supreme Court]] case of [[D.C. v. Heller]].<ref>http://dcguncase.com/blog/case-filings/</ref><ref>[http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-0290acMembersofCongress.pdf]</ref>
She strongly supports [[gun control]] and was one of 17 members of Congress who filed [[amicus curiae]] briefs in favor of [[gun control]] in the [[Supreme Court]] case of [[D.C. v. Heller]].<ref>http://dcguncase.com/blog/case-filings/</ref><ref>[http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/documents/07-0290acMembersofCongress.pdf]</ref>
As of 2021, Lofgren has received $964,816 in employee and PAC contributions from [[Big Tech]] companies [[Google]], [[Microsoft]], [[Cisco]], Intuit, Oracle, Adobe and others.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/zoe-lofgren/contributors?cid=N00007479&cycle=CAREER&type=I</ref> Her financial disclosure statements reveal her husband’s financial stock trades involving [[Apple, Inc.]], Google, Microsoft, [[Facebook]] and [[Intel]].<ref>https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2018/10026122.pdf</ref> At a [[Congressional progressive Caucus]] meeting,<ref>https://theintercept.com/2021/07/14/congressional-progressive-caucus-antitrust-zoe-lofgren/</ref> Lofgren said,
{{quotebox-float|“I’m from [[Silicon Valley]]. I have received support over the years from these companies. The last time I actually spent any money on my own campaign was in ’96, when I sent a postcard. All the money I raise is for other candidates. … Last Congress, I raised almost $7 million for other candidates. Whatever I’m raising, it’s going to them, not me.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2021/07/14/progressive-brawl-over-antitrust-measures-gets-personal-493575</ref>
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