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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11), Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA-02), and Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) introduced the Whale Conservation Habitat Analysis, Research, and Technical Strategies (CHARTS) Act of 2024, legislation that will help protect baleen and sperm whales by improving our understanding of whale feeding areas, calving grounds, and migration routes.
Among AAPI candidates in California congressional races on Nov. 5, incumbents were generally successful while challengers came up short — with one election still too close to call.
Counting of unprocessed ballots will resumed Nov. 25 in the Orange County portion of the 45th Congressional District with Democratic challenger Derek Tran holding a 545-vote lead over Republican Rep. Michelle Steel.
On the morning of May 29, 1942, Mary Tsukamoto awoke to find her mattress on the floor. Glancing around the bedroom that she shared with her husband, Al, it took her a moment to get her bearings: Today was the day she and her family would lose their freedom. Their bed frame, along with the rest of their furniture, was in storage. “We had broken no law, committed no criminal act,” she later wrote. But “on this day we were to leave our homes. No one knew where we were to go nor for how long we would be gone.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49) reintroduced the Storage and Transportation of Residual and Excess (STORE) Nuclear Fuel Act. This bill creates a legislative framework to develop a consolidated interim storage program for spent nuclear fuel at the Department of Energy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Congressman Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA-01) applauded the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) decision to extend current flexibilities for telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances for an additional year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Public Health Funding Restoration Act which would restore funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). PPHF provides dedicated funding for innovative public health projects, including vaccination programs, chronic disease prevention programs, and health education programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – CongresswomanDoris Matsui (D-CA-07)and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12), co-chairs of the Rare Disease Congressional Caucus, introduced the Scientific External Process for Educated Review of Therapeutics (EXPERT) Act of 2024, legislation to formalize the Externally-Led Scientific-Focused Drug Development (EL-SFDD) meeting at FDA.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement after Wilton Rancheria, the City of Sacramento, Downtown Railyard Venture, LLC, and Sacramento Republic FC announced a deal for the construction of a new soccer stadium and entertainment district in Sacramento’s downtown Railyards district. Wilton Rancheria will take a majority ownership stake of Sacramento Republic FC.
Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday.
She was elected to succeed her late husband in 2005 after he died in office. The AP projected she would beat Republican Tom Silva.
Matsui has secured reelection comfortably in every race since.
She easily defended her seat in the primary against a Democratic challenger, David Mandel, who ran on a platform of Palestinian human rights and demanding a cease-fire by Israel in Gaza.
Leadership and key staff from the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) officially celebrated the acceptance of nearly $77 million in federal grant funding Wednesday morning during a special event attended by state officials, and dignitaries from Sacramento County. The gathering, held at McClellan Business Park, marked the beginning of SacRT’s ambitious push toward a zero-emission future and the creation of the region’s first hydrogen fuel infrastructure.