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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), 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 a preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $6.6 billion in direct funding for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) under the CHIPS and Science Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Co-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), and Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA) and John Sarbanes (D-MD), sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in strong support of the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) proposal to amend all land management plans across the National Forest System to conserve existing old-growth forest and recruit future old-growth forest across America. The letter was signed by 48 House Democrats.
A press conference held today by Rep. Doris Matsui (D - Calif. 07) sought to convey the threat being posed to the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The program, which helps disadvantaged families gain access to the internet faces an uncertain future according to Matsui because of the Congressional Republican majority threats to kill funding.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) and local leaders held a press conference to discuss the future of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which is helping millions of Americans save up to $30 a month on their internet bill.
Advocates of the FCC’s affordable connectivity program and Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program believe funding for both priorities remains available this year, despite Congress having omitted funding in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act FY 2024 minibus spending package enacted last week (see 2403210067). Program backers acknowledge funding will be more difficult as the FY24 package was their best opportunity.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) finalization of new tailpipe emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, model years 2027 and beyond.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Doris Matsui (D-CA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) led a letterto National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Alan Davidson expressing strong support for NTIA’s commitment to internet affordability as it administers the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program.
House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone (N.J.), Communications Subcommittee ranking member Doris Matsui (Calif.) and 10 other subpanel Democrats urged NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson Tuesday "to continue to prioritize affordability in your administration of" the $42.5 billion broadband equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program as the agency reviews states' plans for the money.
All 12 Democrats on the House Communications and
Technology Subcommittee wrote on Tuesday to the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration urging the agency to prioritize affordability as it manages its $42.5-
A CTIA executive on Wednesday criticized DOD’s work so far on the potential clearing of parts of the lower 3 GHz band. “We need more spectrum to meet commercial demand” and the federal government holds the most spectrum, said CTIA Senior Vice President-Spectrum Umair Javed during an Information Technology and Innovation Foundation webinar on Wednesday. Other panelists praised the Biden administration for releasing a national spectrum strategy (see 2403120006).