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Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced the Stretching Entity Resources for Vulnerable (SERV) Communities Act, legislation that clarifies the intent of the 340B Program, enhances program integrity, and protects and expands the program to meet the needs of the opioid crisis.

Today, Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Rep. Doris Matsui released the following statement in response to the 2018 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports:

"The Trustees' reports make it clear that the Republican tax scam directly threatens the Medicare program, reducing its solvency by three years. The tax scam comes at the expense of seniors and American families taking funding from Medicare in order to give even more tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires.

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) and Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), co-chairs of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, today introduced the "SPECTRUM NOW Act", which would enable government agencies to improve their spectral efficiency and effectiveness and make more spectrum available for commercial wireless use. Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Ranking Member Brian Schatz (D-HI) and introduced companion legislation today in the Senate.

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) has appointed Glenda Corcoran as her new District Director. Corcoran brings over a decade of experience working in the California State Assembly, working on judiciary, local government, and social justice issues.

Corcoran most recently served as a member of the California State Bar Board of Trustees. Corcoran has also served on multiple boards and task forces in the community, including the Sacramento LGBT Center and the Mayor's Art andamp; Creative Economy Task Force.

Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced President Trump's proposed rule to gut Title X, which provides funding for family planning services:

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement after the House voted to defeat the Farm Bill:

"As the most powerful country in the world, we should be creating policies that lift people up. Instead, the GOP farm bill would have made it harder for people to thrive, cutting school lunches for children and limiting the SNAP program that helps families put food on the table. The defeat of this legislation is good news for now, but we must keep up our efforts to protect SNAP for American families."

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Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Matsui's "Access to Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorders Act" passed the House Energy andamp; Commerce Committee unanimously.

Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement on President Trump's misguided reference to the 340B Program in the Administration's prescription drug plan released today:

"The Trump Administration's efforts to connect high prescription drug prices to the 340B program are misguided and based on inaccurate assumptions.

"The cuts in payments to safety net hospitals mentioned in this plan will not achieve the goal of reducing drug prices, and do nothing to get at the real driver of high drug costs."