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March 6, 2026

Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed Congresswoman Matsui's SECURE GRID Act, bipartisan legislation that empowers states to fully assess risks to the electric grid from extreme weather, physical and cyber threats, and other vulnerabilities. This bill is co-led by Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH-05).


March 3, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Representatives Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), and Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging the Department of the Interior (DOI) to develop a comprehensive strategy to reforest DOI-managed lands and address a growing reforestation backlog driven by wildfire, drought, insects, and disease.

Issues:Environment

February 28, 2026

SACRAMENTO, CA –– Today, Congresswoman Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s strikes against Iran. 

 


February 24, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address. 

 


February 24, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement on why she will boycott tonight’s State of the Union Address. 

 


February 19, 2026

SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement on Japanese American Day of Remembrance, the 84th anniversary of the date in 1942 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 – leading to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

 


February 19, 2026

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) hosted a “Stop the Cuts” press conference at the Sacramento County Department of Health Services’ office alongside Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye, Yolo County Public Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson, and WellSpace Health CEO Dr. Jonathan Porteus to warn against the Trump Administration’s action to cut millions in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) public health grant funding.

 

Issues:Health Care

February 17, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement on the passing of Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr.


February 13, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) led 77 of her colleagues, including every Democratic Representative of the California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota delegations in urging the Trump Administration to immediately restore public health grant funding to those states.

Issues:Health Care

February 12, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui, Co-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) and her fellow SEEC Leadership Members, released the following statement in response to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin’s final decision to repeal the landmark Endangerment Finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, alongside the determination to gut vehicle tailpipe pollution protections.