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SACRAMENTO, CA – An infusion of nearly $2 million in federal funding is headed to the City of Sacramento thanks to two grants secured by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07). She announced the funding this morning at a press conference with leaders from the City, Sacramento City Unified School District, and the Sacramento Tree Foundation. The City also unveiled their draft Sacramento Urban Forest Plan, which will be available for review and public comment starting April 26th.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Co-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) released the following statement with fellow SEEC co-chairs Reps. Mike Quigley and Paul Tonko and SEEC Members Reps. Kathy Castor and Mike Levin after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized strong limits on pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Full Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to restore popular, Obama-era net neutrality protections for consumers and promote internet access for all Americans:
Sacramento has some of the highest flood risk in the nation, and the sunny skies and receding rivers mean flood control crews can get back to work on projects that protect the region.
Marking a significant event, the U.S. Congress, in an unusual Saturday session, has successfully passed a crucial foreign aid bill. This bill is designed to provide substantial assistance to Ukraine in its ongoing defense against Russia's war of aggression.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), co-chair of theHouse Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), Assistant Democratic Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), and Reps. Steve Cohen (TN-09), and Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) led a group of 54 lawmakers in introducing a resolution to commemorate Earth Day 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement after the House passed critical national security and foreign aid bills.
Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., is circulating a discharge petition (H.Res. 1119) in a bid to force a floor vote on her Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act (HR-6929/S-3565), which would appropriate $7 billion to keep the ailing FCC broadband fund running through the end of FY 2024. Clarke's petition will likely help ACP backers in their push to advance the funding proposal out of the lower chamber and amplify pressure on Congress to act before the program's current money runs out in the coming weeks, lobbyists told us.
Congresswoman Doris Matsui made her annual visit to West Sacramento, focusing on flood control, transportation, and fire safety, on March 28.
In 2022, Sacramento mom Monica Padilla noticed her three-year-old daughter Vera wasn't acting like herself. She was sleeping often, had bruising and wasn't interested in eating.
Padilla assumed it was a virus, but when the rest of the family wasn't getting sick they called Vera's doctor.