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At the turn of the 20th century, Japanese Americans settling in the city had a special name for Sacramento. Merging their community’s appreciation for the cherry blossom tree, or sakura, they called it: Sakuramento.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, announced over $1.86 billion in federal funding for California broadband infrastructure. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, which represents the single-largest federal government effort to expand digital connectivity across the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the bicameral Patsy T. Mink and Louise M. Slaughter Gender Equity in Education Act (GEEA), legislation that would provide additional resources, training, and technical assistance through the U.S. Department of Education to combat gender-based harassment and discrimination in education.
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.