Technology
As Co-Chair of the High Tech Caucus and a member of the Energy & Commerce Communications & Technology Subcommittee, Congresswoman Matsui is working to address the pressing tech issues of today and tomorrow while increasing the accessibility and affordability of communications services.<br />\
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Almost one third of Americans have not adopted broadband at home – and the cost of subscribing to service is most often the highest barrier preventing non-adopters from fully participating in our digital economy. As a result, these Americans are at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to employment, education, and other opportunities. The Congresswoman authored the first piece of federal legislation to address this problem by expanding the Lifeline program, a program that has helped low income Americans get telephone service since President Reagan’s Administration, to cover broadband access. <br />\
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Congresswoman Matsui has also been a champion of net neutrality and ensuring our nation has a free and open Internet. She has authored legislation that would prohibit so-called Internet fast lanes from harming consumers, small businesses and innovators.<br />\
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During her time in Congress, the Congresswoman has continuously advocated for policies that allow our wireless economy to grow. As Congresswoman Matsui likes to say, the airwaves, known as spectrum, are the invisible infrastructure of our mobile society. Congresswoman Matsui champions an all of the above approach to improve the efficiency of how we use this finite resource – everything from creating new opportunities for WiFi to improving the way the federal government uses spectrum. For example, the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2015 will ensure consumers can make wireless connections on their smartphones, tablets, and devices now and into the future – and give federal agencies the opportunity to improve their missions. The legislation won unanimous approval from the House Energy & Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee in 2015.<br />\
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<h2>Accomplishments</h2>\
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<li>Fought for the adoption of strong net neutrality rules by the FCC, so that every American, innovator, and small business has equal access to an open Internet. Congresswoman Matsui’s Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act, a bill to prevent fast and slow lanes online, was incorporated into the FCC’s final net neutrality decision.</li>\
<li>Congresswoman Matsui’s Broadband Adoption Act (H.R. 2638) to make Internet access more affordable for low-income families through the FCC’s Lifeline Program was included in House Democrats’ Make It in America Plan. In 2016 the FCC adopted Congresswoman Matsui’s recommendation to expand the Lifeline program to support broadband.<br />\
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<h2>Legislation</h2>\
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<li>H.R. 1888, Federal Spectrum Incentive Act</li>\
<li>H.R. 1576 Innovation Corps Act of 2017</li>\
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Two lawmakers want money from spectrum auctions to go toward replenishing a program intended to replace telecommunications equipment deemed a national security threat, a subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce committee heard Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee,co-authors of the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act and co-chairs of the Congressional High Tech Caucus, issued the following statement after holding a closed door Member briefing with U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Representative Zach Nunn (R-IA) and U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)and Mark Warner (D-VA) reintroduced the Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act, legislation to strengthen cybersecurity at America’s K-12 schools by promoting access to information, better tracking cyberattacks nationally, and providing new cybersecurity resources.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), co-author of the CHIPS Act,sent a letter toAssistant Secretary of Commerce Alejandra Castillo at the Economic Development Administration (EDA), encouraging her to consider Sacramento as she implements the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs Program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, delivered the following opening remarks at the Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled,
“Preserving Free Speech and Reining in Big Tech Censorship.”
Thank you, Chairman Latta.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07),Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) reintroduced the Simplifying Management, Access, Reallocation, and Transfer of Spectrum Act, or SMART Spectrum Act to establish a tool to improve the coordination of shared spectrum and mitigate harmful interference for commercial and federal users.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, delivered the following opening remarks at the Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Defending America’s Wireless Leadership.”
Thank you, Chairman Latta.
To say this hearing comes at an unprecedented time is no overstatement.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) reintroduced the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced (FUTURE) Networks Act, legislation that directs the FCC to bring together industry leaders, public interest groups and government experts to establish a 6G Task Force.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, CongresswomanDoris Matsui (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) led Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Adam Smith (D-WA), Troy Carter (D-LA), and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) as well as U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Representatives August Pfluger (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced theFood and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act, which will create a one-stop shop for the cybersecurity needs of American farmers and ranchers.