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House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Doris Matsui, D-Calif., said Monday that she, Vice Chairman Rick Allen, R-Ga., and Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich., refiled the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act. The measure, which passed the House in past Congresses, would direct the FCC to establish a 6G task force that provides recommendations about ensuring U.S. leadership in developing that technology’s standards.
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Three congressional Democrats sought documents on Monday from the head of the Federal Communications Commission as part of a probe into what they called "sham" investigations into media outlets including CBS, NBC and ABC launched by the agency under President Donald Trump to try to intimidate the news media.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, Congressman Rick Allen (R-GA-12), Vice Chair of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, and Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI-05), reintroduced the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced (FUTURE) Networks Act, legislation that directs the FCC to bring together industry leaders, public interest groups and government experts to establish a 6G Task Force.
“I’m not sure I see a reason why the taxpayer should be forced to subsidize NPR and PBS,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr said.
President Donald Trump’s administration launched a war on public media. His allies in Congress are eager to carry the banner.
Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Doris Matsui ranked among the most effective members of the last Congress, a new survey found Tuesday.
Other state lawmakers also did well. “On average, California lawmakers seem to be outperforming other members of Congress,” said Craig Volden, a co-director of the Center for Effective Lawmaking, a nonpartisan organization that conducted the study.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and Congressmen Dan Goldman (D-NY-10) and Mark Amodei (R-NV-02), Co-Chairs of the Public Broadcasting Caucus led a group of 19 lawmakers in a letter toFederal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, emphasizing the importance of federal funding for public radio and television.
“One thing about being small in stature is that you can surprise people when they realize how deeply concerned you are about an issue — and how much you know about it,” Doris Matsui says as she momentarily glances out the 12th-story window of her district office in the federal courthouse building named for her late husband, Congressman Robert Matsui. Her office is in some ways an aerie that offers a commanding view of the Tower Bridge, The Railyards, the Sacramento River and West Sacramento (which she also represents).
Longtime Sacramento Congresswoman Doris Matsui is in the middle of the fight to preserve health insurance for very low income people in the United States.
“This is a real battle,” she said during a news conference Thursday in West Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) issued the following statement condemning President Trump’sExecutive Order aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.