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July 3, 2019

Sacramento, CA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06), the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) and the Sacramento Native American Health Center announced three U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to fund suicide prevention, hospital preparedness, and childhood immunization and vaccination programs.

Issues:Health Care

June 27, 2019

Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-6) issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision blocking a question from the 2020 census regarding citizenship status.

Issues:Immigration

June 26, 2019

Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) today released draft legislation aimed at moving satellite operators off of valuable 5G-friendly airwaves they currently occupy.

She's fashioning her WIN 5G Act, which she's teased for months, as a compromise addressing one of the most contentious 5G debates happening behind the scenes in Washington.


June 26, 2019

This legislation would propose a consensus, hybrid approach to reallocate mid-band spectrum for 5G

View the draft bill here


June 26, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-6) issued the following statement after the departure of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) controversial Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation a longtime opponent of the 2012 Clean Cars Rule and the California waiver authority under the Clean Air Act.


June 25, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced introduction of bicameral legislation to authorize and appropriate $2 billion in Fiscal Year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year to fully restore the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). Established as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the PPHF supports vaccination programs, chronic disease prevention programs, and health education programs. Under the ACA, funding for the PPHF was supposed to increase over time and reach $2 billion in Fiscal Year 2015.

Issues:Health Care

June 21, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-6) lauded the passage of H.R. 2740, the first of two spending measures securing significant wins for the Sacramento region. Congresswoman Matsui played a pivotal role in securing critically important flood infrastructure and interim nuclear storage funds. The overall spending measure included funding for the Departments of Defense, State, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Energy, as well as the Army Corps of Engineers. The House passed the package by a vote of 226 to 203.


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.