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March 16, 2022

The House passed legislation on Wednesday to bolster the preservation of Japanese American internment historical sites during World War II as part of efforts to promote education about their imprisonment after the attack on Pearl Harbor.


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March 15, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed her bill, the Japanese American Confinement Education Act. The legislation will permanently reauthorize the Japanese American Confinement Site (JACS) program to educate Americans on the imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.


March 15, 2022

More crosswalks near Sacramento schools. Help for the police in Elk Grove. Improvements to the Fair Oaks community clubhouse. And more. The $1.5 trillion federal spending bill President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday gets very specific about projects in the Sacramento area that will get some of that money.


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March 14, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.  Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Congressman Brett Guthrie (R-KY), sent a letter to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, urging her to work with Congress to update satellite rules.

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March 9, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded the passage of H.R. 2471, the package of government funding legislation. The package includes Matsui-backed community projects and priorities that will benefit the Sacramento region.


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March 9, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement to reinstate the Clean Air Act waiver for California’s Advanced Clean Cars program. The waiver would restore California’s and other states’ authority to set emission standards on light duty vehicles that are more stringent than federal standards.


March 9, 2022

A bipartisan group of 147 senators and House members have signed onto a letter to leadership in both chambers calling for quick action to approve the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, which would provide $52 billion in funding to help revitalize U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturing.


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March 8, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), and U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) led 142 colleagues in sending a letter to Congressional leadership, urging them to quickly send the $52 billion dollars needed to fund the Creating Helpful Incentives for the Production of Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act to President Biden’s desk for signing.


March 8, 2022

While congressional leaders work to shore up support for $14 billion in aid to Ukraine, some lawmakers have sent a letter urging a fresh focus on China — and America’s reliance on semiconductors from Asia.


March 8, 2022

A bipartisan group of more than 140 U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged leaders in Congress to approve $52 billion in government subsidies for semiconductor chips production and research.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 4 narrowly passed a bill aimed at increasing American competitiveness with China in part by allocating $52 billion to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing.