Press Releases

Washington, D.C. U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (CA-06) and Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) and Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) today announced a bill to extend and expand the funding for a program that improves community mental health and addiction services across the country. This legislation will ensure that the Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers that were established through the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Act will be funded for two additional years.

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) today joined Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), and Yvette Clarke (D-NY) in co-sponsoring H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019. This legislation will provide a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and individuals with Deferred Enforced Departure status (DED).

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) today received the Jacob K. Javits Award from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for her hard work passing legislation that improves access to healthcare services for mental health and substance use patients.

Washington, DC Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, will speak on Tuesday at an event on 5G, Wi-Fi, and Spectrum Sharing: A Workshop on Automated Frequency Coordination.

Sacramento, CA Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement in response to the release of the Sacramento DA's report into the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark:

"No family should have to experience the kind of tragedy that Stephon Clark's family has been going through for almost a year now. The fact is: their grief has no end. It is my hope that Stephon's tragic and deeply disturbing death will serve as a way to bring this community together, not break it apart.

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, and Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), both members of the House Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Senator Todd Young and Senator Ed Markey, members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today introduced the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019.

Washington President Trump has officially issued a national emergency declaration to build the border wall and has identified other forms of funding that doesn't include the $1.8 billion designated to strengthen Sacramento's levees and raise Folsom Dam.

"I fought hard to ensure the safety of the Sacramento region by working to make sure that $1.8 billion in flood protection funding is not part of President Trump's unconstitutional power grab," said Congresswoman Doris Matsui.

Washington President Trump has threatened to divert federal funds from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, which could include $1.8 billion that the Sacramento region received as part of the long-term disaster recovery bill to strengthen Sacramento's levees and raise the Folsom Dam. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) joined several of her California Delegation colleagues to introduce legislation to ensure that this money could not be taken away from the Sacramento region.