Press Releases

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) has appointed Glenda Corcoran as her new District Director. Corcoran brings over a decade of experience working in the California State Assembly, working on judiciary, local government, and social justice issues.

Corcoran most recently served as a member of the California State Bar Board of Trustees. Corcoran has also served on multiple boards and task forces in the community, including the Sacramento LGBT Center and the Mayor's Art andamp; Creative Economy Task Force.

Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced President Trump's proposed rule to gut Title X, which provides funding for family planning services:

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement after the House voted to defeat the Farm Bill:

"As the most powerful country in the world, we should be creating policies that lift people up. Instead, the GOP farm bill would have made it harder for people to thrive, cutting school lunches for children and limiting the SNAP program that helps families put food on the table. The defeat of this legislation is good news for now, but we must keep up our efforts to protect SNAP for American families."

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Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Matsui's "Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act" passed the House Energy andamp; Commerce Committee unanimously.

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement on President Trump's misguided reference to the 340B Program in the Administration's prescription drug plan released today:

"The Trump Administration's efforts to connect high prescription drug prices to the 340B program are misguided and based on inaccurate assumptions.

"The cuts in payments to safety net hospitals mentioned in this plan will not achieve the goal of reducing drug prices, and do nothing to get at the real driver of high drug costs."

Washington, D.C. Today, the bipartisan Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018, H.R. 3053, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 340-72.

Washington, D.C.Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) delivered the following floor remarks in support of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018:

I rise today in support of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act.

We worked in a bipartisan manner in the Energy andamp; Commerce Committee to ensure there was language in this bill that provides a responsible path forward for consolidated interim storage.

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) gave thefollowingopening remarks at today's Health Subcommittee hearing on "Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment:"

This is a very important and complex issue relating to the opioid epidemic.

I feel strongly that we should take action in this space. Patients that are currently receiving treatment may not be getting the best care if their provider does not have all the information necessary.