Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Doris Matsui (CA-07), Diana DeGette (CO-01), and Don Beyer (VA-08) released the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a legal determination confirming the administration illegally impounded $78 million in Fiscal Year 2025 funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Food Allergy Research Caucus, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL),Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, and U.S.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), George Whitesides (D-CA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) introduced the Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act. This legislation protects kids by prohibiting chatbots from communicating by default in a human-like way with minors. Under this bill, the programs cannot claim to be human, have simulated emotions, or use relationship-building language to keep kids engaged. 

WASHINGTON. D.C. – The Ways and Means Committee unanimously passed the bipartisan Concentrating on High-Value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act, a bill introduced by Representatives Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Linda T.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) successfully passed the bipartisan Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025, legislation to protect public health and lower the cost of replacing older, heavily polluting diesel engines.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents, released the following statement after Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced that he would retire from his position after seven years leading the Smithsonian Institution. 

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, on 988 Day, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) brought together Sacramento behavioral health leaders and crisis response professionals at the future WellSpace Health Community Wellness Campus to highlight her newly introduced bipartisan legislation, the 988 Implementation Act, which underscores the need to strengthen crisis care for families in Sacramento and communities across the country.