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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced the 340B PATIENTS Act, legislation that would protect and strengthen the 340B program by codifying 340B providers’ ability to use contract pharmacies to dispense 340B discounted drugs. This would ensure that 340B patients are able to pick up their prescriptions at any local pharmacy, and that safety-net providers are able to continue providing expanded medical and social services to their communities using their 340B discount savings.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Reps. Robert Garcia (CA-42), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Mike Quigley (IL-05) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s announcement unveiling the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – CongresswomanDoris Matsui (D-CA-07) released the following statement after President Biden signed the 2024 government funding package into law. The legislation includes a key provision to establish a permanent definition of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) services under the Medicaid program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement after President Biden’s State of the Union address.
“Tonight, President Biden detailed his vision for the future – speaking directly to the American people about the progress we have made and our opportunities to build upon it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, CongresswomanDoris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee,issued the following statement after full Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
More than $2.2 million in federal funds were secured for three Elk Grove community projects, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen recently announced.
House leaders removed the NTIA Reauthorization Act (HR-4510) from floor consideration Tuesday amid other committees’ objections to it, the bill’s sponsors told us Wednesday. Chamber leaders previously scheduled consideration of HR-4510 under suspension of the rules (see 2403010073), along with two other telecom-focused bills. The House voted 339-85 Wednesday to pass H.Res.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) voted to secure $13,576,383 in Community Project Funding for California’s 7th District. The House passed a package of six appropriations bills that includes federal dollars for projects which address some of the most pressing needs across the Sacramento region. This legislation will be signed into law by President Biden later this week.
As part of the federal budget approved today in Congress, Rep. Doris Matsui (D - Calif.) announced that $13.5 million in Community Funding projects will be directed to California's 7th District, which includes Elk Grove.
Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., and House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Doris Matsui, D-Calif., voiced varying levels of optimism during a Tuesday Incompas conference (see 2403050052) about the prospects that lawmakers will be able to reach a deal on stopgap funding that will keep the FCC’s affordable connectivity program running past this spring.