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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced the Organ Donation Clarification Act, a bipartisan bill to reduce barriers to organ donation and increase the supply of organs for transplantation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – CongresswomanDoris Matsui (D-CA),Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced the FCC Legal Enforcement Act, legislation that would provide the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) more authority to hold robocallers accountable.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, delivered the following opening remarks at the Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing titled, “Oversight of the FCC.”
Thank you, Chairman Latta.
On March 9th of this year, the Commission’s auction authority expired.
In 1978 the price of gas in California was under 70 cents a gallon, “Annie Hall” won best picture at the Academy Awards and the Dallas Cowboys were Super Bowl champions. That was also the last time a new judgeship was created in the U.S. District Court that oversees the Central Valley. Today the Eastern District covers 34 counties, running from the Los Angeles-Kern County line on the south to the Oregon border on the north. Key cities are Fresno, Sacramento, Modesto, Bakersfield and Redding.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) released the following statement in support of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District’s efforts to administer and implement U.S. EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program in the region.
A new air traffic control (ATC) tower is soon to watch over the airfield at the Sacramento International Airport (SMF) after the Federal Air Administration (FAA) approved its funding, according to Sacramento County officials.
SMF’s current tower reaches 130 feet into the sky and was built in 1967, making it one of the oldest ATC towers in the United States, according to the county.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, on the last day of Older Americans Month, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), co-chairs of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging & Families, introduced the Older Americans Bill of Rights, a resolution which identifies and establishes fundamental rights that every older American and their family deserve.
Officials are still working to connect Sacramento and West Sacramento through the Downtown Riverfront Streetcar Project. Construction was approved back in August 2022 through a vote by the Sacramento Regional Transit Board of Directors. West Sacramento’s Supervising Transportation Planner, Jason McCoy, has been a part of the project for nine years and says that it’s grown more ambitious over time.
Both sides of the partisan aisle in Congress share at least one takeaway from the 36 Latin American migrants flown to Sacramento by Florida officials this week — the U.S. immigration system is broken.
It’s how to fix it that puts them in gridlock.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), and Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) introduced H.R. 3788,Hammers’ Law, last week. The legislation would amend the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) to hold cruise ship operators legally and financially accountable for the wrongful deaths of passengers.