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December 29, 2024

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement after the passing of former President Jimmy Carter.

 


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December 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), issued the following statement after the House passed a government funding bill to prevent a shutdown. 

 


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December 13, 2024

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA), Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ), Congressman Troy Balderson (R-OH), and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) led a letter signed by 100 Members of Congress and Senators to House and Senate leadership urging them to extend telehealth coverage benefits so that all Medicare beneficiaries retain access to these services. 

 


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December 13, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), co-author of the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, issued the following statement after the Department of Commerce announced an initial agreement to provide up to $225 million in direct funding for Bosch under the CHIPS and Science Act


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December 4, 2024

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.

Issues:Environment

December 4, 2024

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.


December 2, 2024

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.


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November 21, 2024

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.


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November 18, 2024

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.

Issues:Health Care