Congresswoman Matsui Introduces the Scientific Communications Act of 2007 Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) introduced the Scientific Communications Act of 2007 (H.R. 1453) to provide communications skills training for graduate students in the sciences. This legislation, co-sponsored by Congressman Bart Gordon (TN-06), Chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology, provides resources at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve the ability of scientists...
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Matsui Announces Record Funding in Army Corps of EngineersFunding for the Sacramento Region Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui announced that Sacramento will receive over $110 million dollars in FY07 funding for Flood Protection and other Army Corps of Engineers related projects. "This is important funding for Sacramento and our region," said Matsui. "We have made enormous progress on the work to our levees and flood protection infrastructure this past year." Because Co...
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Matsui secures Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project inWater Resources Development Act of 2007 Thursday, March 15, 2007 In a great step forward for Sacramento flood protection, Congresswoman Matsui (CA-05) announced today that the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project is included in the Water Resources and Development Act of 2007 (H.R.1495). The bill was marked up and reported out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Full Committee earlier today. “This is a big step forward for our region. This projec...
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Matsui, Petri Announce Introduction of Senate Companion Bill to the 'Troops to Teachers Improvement Act' Friday, March 9, 2007 This week, Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO), Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO), Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced companion legislation to Representatives Tom Petri (R-WI) and Doris Matsui's (D-CA) Troops to Teachers Improvement Act. Both bills, H.R. 711 in the House and S. 769 in the Senate, would allow more schools across the nation to ben...
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Congresswoman Matsui Statement in Support of the Employee Free Choice Act Thursday, March 1, 2007 Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) issued the following statement in support of the Employee Free Choice Act. The Employee Free Choice Act would protect workers’ rights to form unions and bargain collectively. Under this legislation, if a majority of workers in a workplace sign cards authorizing a union, then the union will be certified to represent those employees. Currently, employers can requi...
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Mental Health Parity Campaign Comes to Sacramento Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Sacramento, CA - In an effort to build support for mental health parity, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-5), joined by Congressman Patrick Kennedy (RI-1), hosted a field hearing on access to mental health and addiction care in the United States. The hearing focused on the cost of leaving such prevalent diseases untreated – lives lost to suicide, in our criminal justice system, our economy, in our emergency rooms and e...
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Matsui to Vote in Opposition to the Iraq War, & the Proposed Escalation“We should be bringing troops home … not sending more there.We should be ending this war … not escalating it.” Friday, February 16, 2007 Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) addressed the U.S. House of Representatives today, Friday, February 16, 2007, as the debate concluded on H. Con. Res. 63, disapproving the decision of the President to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq. The resolution...
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Matsui Floor Statement Opposing the Iraq War, & the Proposed Escalation“As a result of this Administration’s failure to meet the most basic requirements of responsible leadership, it has abdicated any claim to deference from this chamber on this war … and it has certainly relinquished the moral authority to send additional men and women into this catastrophe.” Tuesday, February 13, 2007 As the House began 36-hours of debate on the Iraq War, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) spoke on the floo...
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Congresswoman Matsui Marks Day of Remembrance Monday, February 12, 2007 Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of H. Res. 122, which recognizes a National Day of Remembrance for the Japanese Internment. The Day of Remembrance takes place each year on February 19, to mark the date President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which forced 120,000 Japanese American citizens and other legal residents such ...
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GAO Investigation Underscores Questions & Concerns About UASI Grant ProgramFindings offer guidance to refine critical, risk-based homeland security grant Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Representative Doris O. Matsui (CA-5) joined with Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thomas (MS-02), and Representatives Mike Thompson (CA-1), Bob Filner (CA-51) and Susan Davis (CA-53) to release a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report [click here to view a pdf of ...
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