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June 17, 2019
Law360 (June 13, 2019, 6:52 PM EDT) -- Two lawmakers want to know what the U.S. Department of Labor is doing to make sure there's a trained workforce ready to deploy and maintain the next generation of wireless services, echoing sentiments from the Federal Communications Commission that a stout workforce is key to winning the race to 5G.

June 11, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) and her House Democratic colleagues relaunched and renamed its task force focused on the needs of our nation's older Americans, their families and future generations looking ahead to retirement. The House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families (formerly known as the Seniors Task Force), reflects an inclusive focus on the needs of caregivers and will also focus on how aging impacts an entire household.


June 11, 2019

The heads of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus today nudged Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta to make jobs supporting and advancing 5G technology a part of Trump administration workforce training initiatives.


June 11, 2019

To Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, there was "no prouder place" for her husband to leave his mark than the Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse.

"It's a fitting tribute to my late husband who was committed to Sacramento and equal justice under the law," she told a room of more than 100 people at the courthouse's 20th anniversary celebration Thursday night.


June 11, 2019

A new House proposal from Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) would authorize the federal government to pursue an interim storage program for the nation's nuclear waste.

The legislation, H.R. 3136, avoids the controversial Yucca Mountain site, breaking the legislation connection between the stalled Nevada repository and interim storage.

House-passed nuclear waste legislation she co-sponsored with Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) last year would have addressed both interim and long-term storage.


June 6, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-6) issued the following statement after voting for H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act of 2019. This historic legislation protects and creates a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries. The Dream and Promise Act passed the House by a vote of 237-187.

Issues:Immigration

May 10, 2019

Washington, D.C. U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) introduced the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA) to set a national furniture flammability standard that will reduce the need for harmful flame retardants in furniture.


April 12, 2019

Washington, D.C. U.S. Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement on California's proposed rule for the safe testing of light-duty autonomous delivery vehicles: