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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. It allows for both active and decommissioned nuclear power plants, with priority given to decommissioned plants, to move spent nuclear fuel to interim storage facilities.
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.
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:
"Thank you Chairman Cohen, Ranking Member Johnson, and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06),and Reps. Jim Costa (CA-16) and Josh Harder (CA-10)led two letters to leadership of the House Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, urging them to support the authorization of at least five new permanent district judgeships for the Eastern District of California.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) applauded the passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act, two commonsense gun violence prevention measures to require background checks on all gun sales and close the Charleston Loophole that allowed the hate crime at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Congresswoman Matsui is a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the House passed the final version of the American Rescue Plan, a robust COVID-19 relief funding package that aims to end the dual public health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation will be sent to President Biden to be signed into law.
Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), Congressman David Price (NC-04) and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.),all co-chairs of the National Service Caucus, helped secure $1 billion in funding for AmeriCorps as part of the American Rescue Plan.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement after passage of the American Rescue Plan. This legislation will now go to President Biden's desk for his signature.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) was once again named Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology for the 117th Congress.