FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 19, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Announces Nearly $6.8 Million for Sacramento Regional TransitFederal Funding Will Enable Transition to Natural Gas Buses; Purchase of New Paratransit VehiclesCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that the Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) has been awarded nearly $6.8 million in federal funding to modernize RT’s bus fleet, facilitating the transition to using n...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 19, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Applauds Cost-of-Living Increase for Social Security BeneficiariesAverage Increase of Almost $500 Per Year Will Help Sacramento SeniorsCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento), Co-Chair of the Congressional Seniors Task Force, applauded the recent announcement by the Social Security Administration that beneficiaries would receive their first Cost-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) in two...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 18, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Swears In New Sacramento PostmasterCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) administered the oath of office for Sacramento’s new postmaster, Jeffrey C. Lelevich. Lelevich had been the acting postmaster in Sacramento since February after previously holding the same position in Sonoma, Santa Rosa and most recently, Redding. Having worked for the Postal Service since he began as a city...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 17, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Reps. Matsui, Eshoo, Markey and Doyle Send Letter to FCC Urging Support for Anchor Institutions Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05), a Member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Julius Genachowski, urging the FCC to address the needs of anchor institutions in reform proposals of the Universal Service Fund (USF). Matsui’s effort...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 13, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Matsui Votes Against Anti-Environmental BillCalls Attention to Need for Real Job Creation; H.R. 2250 is Part of Relentless Republican Attack on Environment Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted against the inaccurately named Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regulator Relief Act. H.R. 2250 would suspend EPA rules requiring reductions in toxic air emissions including the well-documented me...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 13, 2011CONTACT: Mara Lee (Matsui) 202.225.7163Adjoa Adofo (Schakowsky) 202.225.2111Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Call on Super Committee to Protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security for SeniorsProtecting Programs Critical to Seniors Health and Financial Security House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) are calling on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reject proposals...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 13, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswomen Matsui, Capps Urge Super Committee to Continue Federal Support for Health Prevention Measures Today, Congresswomen Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) and Lois Capps (CA-35) sent a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction recommending that the Super Committee not make cuts to funding for preventive medicine and other prevention efforts. Both Congresswomen Matsui and Capps serve on the Energy and ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 6, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Continues to Oppose GOP Efforts to Gut Clean Air StandardsVotes Against H.R. 2681 Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted against the so-called Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act (H.R. 2681) in a continued effort to stop Republican attacks on the Clean Air Act. H.R. 2681 would nullify Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that require reductions in emissions of toxic air p...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, October 6, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Matsui: FHFA Must Do More to Stabilize Our Nation’s Housing Market Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) issued the following statement today after the Housing Stabilization Task Force held a meeting with Edward DeMarco, Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to discuss how the agency plans to implement President Obama’s proposal to help responsible homeowners to refinance their mortgages at historical...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 6, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Announces Nearly $800,000 for Local Family Development Services Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-5) announced that the Relationship Skills Center, a Sacramento-based relationship education non-profit, has been awarded $798,825 through the United States Department of Health and Human Services to provide relationship and family stability educational services.Awarded through the Administration...
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