Press Releases

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) hosted a “Stop the Cuts” press conference at the Sacramento County Department of Health Services’ office alongside Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye, Yolo County Public Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson, and WellSpace Health CEO Dr. Jonathan Porteus to warn against the Trump Administration’s action to cut millions in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) public health grant funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement on the passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) led 77 of her colleagues, including every Democratic Representative of the California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota delegations in urging the Trump Administration to immediately restore public health grant funding to those states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui, Co-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and her fellow SEEC Leadership Members, released the following statement in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s final decision to repeal the landmark Endangerment Finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, alongside the determination to gut vehicle tailpipe pollution protections.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) led 78 total lawmakers in calling on the Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to withdraw the proposed rollback of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, as this attack on the standards would increase costs for hardworking Americans, reduce vehicle efficiency, and increase our reliance on foreign oil imports.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), Maxine Dexter (D-OR-03), Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16), Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-03), and Buddy Carter (R-GA-01) introduced the Whale CHARTS Act, bipartisan legislation that will direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve whale habitat maps and develop near-real time whale detection technologies to help prevent deadly collisions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) introduced the Securing Community Upgrades for a Resilient Grid Act, or SECURE Grid Act, to ensure states are fully prepared to prevent and respond to the risks posed to the electric grid by extreme weather, natural disasters, cyber-attacks, and other threats.

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Congressman Thompson (CA-04) held a press conference outside the John E. Moss Federal Building to call for urgent oversight, transparency, and accountability of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), warning that unchecked federal enforcement is putting lives at risk in Sacramento and across the country.