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March 25, 2021

Last year, when President Donald Trump was diagnosed with covid-19, the Internet saw a spike in anti-Asian hate. The moment underlined how racism against Asians has risen during the pandemic, finding a home on social media and escalating into real-world violence.


March 25, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), and Rep. Jerry Nadler (NY-10), along with 20 colleagues, sent a letter to President Joe Biden to address the urgency of climate resiliency and enhancing flood protection measures in the upcoming infrastructure plan.


March 24, 2021

A coalition of more than 80 House Democrats sent a letter to President Biden urging him to reinstate the Obama-era restrictions on vehicle emissions through 2025 in a bid to halt the effects of climate change.


March 24, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) sent letters, along with 79 members of Congress, to President Joseph Biden to address the importance of setting ambitious and achievable targets for the efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reductions of passenger vehicles through 2025.


March 23, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) reintroduced H.R. 2097, the Storage and Transportation of Residual and Excess (STORE) Nuclear Fuel Act. This bill creates a legislative framework to develop a consolidated interim storage program at the Department of Energy.


March 18, 2021

Asian-American congresswomen warned the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that the nation had reached a “crisis point” amid a spike in discrimination and violence targeting the Asian community, in the first congressional hearing on the issue held in over three decades.


March 18, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) testified in front of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the discrimination and violence Asian Americans have faced both historically and since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are her remarks:


March 17, 2021

Last year was challenging in more ways than one: The pandemic altered many aspects of daily life for billions of people, the once-robust national economy took a big hit, and a contentious and protracted presidential election added to the uncertainty. But 2020 will also go down in history as a time when women made remarkable advances on the political scene.


March 12, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06),and Reps.


March 12, 2021

SACRAMENTO, CA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and the Sacramento County Airport System announced more than $13 million in Coronavirus relief funding to cover costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airport.