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The White House on Thursday celebrated the CHIPS and Science Act as a successful investment in American semiconductor manufacturing, research and development and workforce on the law’s one-year anniversary.
House Communications Subcommittee leaders told us they plan to continue actively pushing for floor action on the Commerce Committee-approved Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act (HR-3565) when the chamber returns Sept. 12, despite the measure facing continued opposition from some Senate Republicans. House Commerce leaders tried and failed to get a floor vote on the measure before the August recess (see 2307270063).
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 on the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing the CHIPS and Science Act into law.
Senators, communications sector lobbyists and other observers are bracing for the potential impact that a pending DOD study’s recommendations for repurposing the 3.1-3.45 GHz band could have on prospects for Capitol Hill to reach a deal on a spectrum legislative package that allocates some future auction revenue to pay for telecom projects. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., cited the study’s release as a reason to object to efforts to renew the FCC’s spectrum auction authority for a period ending before Sept.
Lawmakers have introduced a new bill that, if passed, would extend funding for electronic health records (EHRs) and other technologies to behavioral health providers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) and Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) recently introduced the Behavioral Health Information Technology (BHIT) Coordination Act. The legislation will improve coordination of mental and physical health care by supporting behavioral health providers’ efforts to adopt health information technology (IT) systems.
President Biden speaks about expanding access to mental health care in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
Mental health and substance use treatment and care remain elusive for too many people, despite the overwhelming need.
It's long been taken for granted that California, and Sacramento in particular, can't be competitive in attracting manufacturing jobs, with its high costs and expensive regulations.
But since the passage of the federal CHIPS Act spurred a boom in investment in the American microchip industry, Sacramento has done pretty well in attracting its share of that money.
Think CEOs have crazy schedules? Try being a member of Congress. The most carefully planned itinerary can be scrambled — or even scuttled — thanks to a call from the White House, an emergency vote, or urgent negotiations across the aisle. “We have to be flexible, and everyone else has to be flexible. That’s what’s different from being a CEO and running a company,” says Congresswoman Doris Matsui, who has served in the House of Representatives since 2005, when she ran to fill the vacancy left by her late husband, Rep. Robert Matsui, who died while in office.
The Senate Commerce Committee easily advanced the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (S-1669) Thursday, but the measure still faces hurdles to enactment, especially in the House.