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To Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, there was "no prouder place" for her husband to leave his mark than the Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse.
"It's a fitting tribute to my late husband who was committed to Sacramento and equal justice under the law," she told a room of more than 100 people at the courthouse's 20th anniversary celebration Thursday night.
A new House proposal from Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) would authorize the federal government to pursue an interim storage program for the nation's nuclear waste.
The legislation, H.R. 3136, avoids the controversial Yucca Mountain site, breaking the legislation connection between the stalled Nevada repository and interim storage.
House-passed nuclear waste legislation she co-sponsored with Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) last year would have addressed both interim and long-term storage.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is introducing the Congressional Review Act resolution Tuesday (Feb. 27) to nullify the Restoring Internet Freedom Order. On the House side, 150 Democrats have introduced a similar measure.
The timing makes sense given that Feb. 27 marks network neutrality activists' OneMoreVote day of action on pushing for the one more Republican vote the CRA would need to pass the Senate, as long as all those who have said they support it, including one Republican already, actually voted for it.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —
Two cities, connected by an aging bridge over a powerful river, are moving closer toward a major new transportation hub.
The iconic I Street Bridge that links Sacramento and West Sacramento is scheduled to be replaced with a new bridge. The original bridge first opened in 1911.
Many drivers said they find the drive in ultra-thin car lanes on the bridge to be scary.
Fully driverless cars could be rolling down Sacramento streets in just more than a year, following a push by Mayor Darrell Steinberg, U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui and state Sen. Richard Pan to gain federal approval for automated-vehicle testing, the three lawmakers announced Thursday. "It's about knocking on the doors of all these car companies and saying, andlsquo;We want you here. Come to Sacramento,'" Steinberg said. The plan, described Thursday at a press conference at the California Automobile Museum, marks the first announcement of immediate business by new Mayor Steinberg.