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Washington, D.C. Today, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) releaseda report with recommendations to improve the resettlement process for Special Immigration Visa (SIV) holders.
Washington, D.C. Today, at a House Energy andamp; Commerce Joint Energy and Environment Subcommittee hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Fiscal Year 2019 budget, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) called for continuing work to license interim storage solutions for our nation's spent nuclear fuel. Congresswoman Matsui supports legislation that would facilitate the consolidation of spent fuel. Matsui delivered the following remarks at the hearing:
Washington, D.C. On Friday, March 16, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) led a bipartisan letter with 57 members of Congress to the Appropriations Committee calling for continued funding for the preservation of historic sites where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. While Congress has approved $3 million annually in funding to preserve these sites in recent fiscal years, President Donald Trump's FY 2019 Department of Interior budget request zeroed out funding for the program.
Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement on the tragic passing of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of students raising their voices on the need for reforms to prevent gun violence. Following her remarks, the Congresswoman joined a student rally at the U.S. Capitol.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the courageous students in Sacramento, California and across America who are saying enough with this country's epidemic of gun violence.
Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-06) led 19 of her House Energy andamp; Commerce Committee colleagues in introducing the Clean and Efficient Cars Act of 2018, which would preserve fuel economy and vehicle emissions standards that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save drivers money at the pump.
Washington, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration filed suit against the state of California:
"This misguided action from the Trump Administration does nothing to make our communities safer. Despite the Administration's continuous attempts to push through their divisive agenda, California will not abandon the values of diversity and inclusion that define who we are as a state and as a nation."
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Today, Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) led 11 members of the task force in providing comments to Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would greatly expand the existing definition of association health plans (AHPs). This NPRM could have devastating consequences on Americans' health care. After submitting the comments, Reps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-06), co-chairs of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus, today applauded the House passage of Ray Baum's Act (H.R. 4986), a comprehensive telecommunications bill that includes the Spectrum Auction Deposits Act, which Guthrie and Matsui introduced last year.
Washington, D.C.Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during consideration of H.R. 4986, RAY BAUM's Act of 2018, which includes several pieces of legislation co-authored by Congresswoman Matsui. H.R. 4986 reauthorizes the FCC for the first time in 28 years:
I am pleased that today we are reauthorizing the Federal Communications Commission, the RAY BAUM Act, which among other things ensures our local broadcasters have the resources they need and will deliver additional spectrum into the commercial marketplace.