Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Media Bureau approved the merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tegna Inc. The move would allow a single media conglomerate to exceed the long-standing 39 percent national television ownership cap.

SACRAMENTO, CA – An infusion of $2 million in federal funding is heading to Sacramento State thanks to Community Project Funding secured by Congresswoman Doris Matsui. She announced the funding this morning at a press conference alongside Sacramento State President Luke Wood, Dean David Lang, Downtown Sacramento Partnership Executive Director Michael Ault, and other community leaders on Capitol Mall. 

Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed Congresswoman Matsui's SECURE GRID Act, bipartisan legislation that empowers states to fully assess risks to the electric grid from extreme weather, physical and cyber threats, and other vulnerabilities. This bill is co-led by Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH-05).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Representatives Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), and Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop a comprehensive strategy to reforest DOI-managed lands and address a growing reforestation backlog driven by wildfire, drought, insects, and disease.

SACRAMENTO, CA –– Today, Congresswoman Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s strikes against Iran. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement on why she will boycott tonight’s State of the Union Address. 

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement on Japanese American Day of Remembrance, the 84^th anniversary of the date in 1942 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 – leading to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.