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March 26, 2025

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.


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March 26, 2025

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.


March 25, 2025

“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).


March 21, 2025

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.

Issues:Health Care

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March 20, 2025

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.

 

Issues:Education

March 19, 2025

Kaiser Permanente officially broke ground Wednesday on its $1 billion-plus Railyards Medical Center, an 18-acre medical campus set to transform Sacramento’s health care landscape and downtown.

Issues:Health Care

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March 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The leaders of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), including Co-Chairs Reps. Doris Matsui, Mike Quigley, and Paul Tonko and Vice Chairs Reps. Don Beyer, Suzanne Bonamici, Sean Casten, Mike Levin, and Chellie Pingree, along with SEEC Member Rep.


March 17, 2025

As President Donald Trump continues ordering significant cuts to CISA and the Education Department, concern for increased cyberattacks against school districts is top of mind on Capitol Hill and in the education sector.


March 17, 2025

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers on Friday reintroduced a bill to reauthorize EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction program, which pays to upgrade older polluting diesel engines, through 2029.