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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela.   

“Sending U.S. forces into another country without congressional authorization or notification to remove its government constitutes an unauthorized act of war by the President. This action demands accountability.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswomen Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI-02) and Congressmen Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) and Jeff Hurd (R-CO-03) led a group of 28 total lawmakers in sending a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging him to address insufficient staffing levels and refrain from additional employee reductions at National Parks across the country, citing the impact of staffing shortages on park visitors and the economies of neighboring “gateway” communities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Congressmen Jason Crow (CO-06), Scott Peters (CA-52), Seth Moulton (MA-06), and Derek Tran (CA-45) led a group of 61 total lawmakers calling on the Trump administration to stop pushing divisive policies that unfairly target Afghan nationals.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Representatives Summer Lee (D-PA) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL), wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr and Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater of the Department of Justice (DOJ), urging them to closely scrutinize Nexstar Media Group, Inc.’s (“Nexstar”) proposed acquisition of Tegna Inc.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following statement on President Trump’s executive order targeting state regulations on artificial intelligence (AI).  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) released the following statement in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) new proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that gut common-sense fuel efficiency standards for passenger vehicle model years 2022–2031.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), co-chair of the Rare Disease Congressional Caucus, released the following statement after the House passed the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act, a package of rare disease legislation that included her Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and Representatives Ted Lieu (CA-36), April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Luz Rivas (CA-29), Don Beyer (VA-08) and Yvette Clarke (NY-09) led a group of 81 total lawmakers in sending a letter to congressional leadership opposing any effort to reintroduce a moratorium on state and local artificial intelligence (AI) laws in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).