FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 28, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Announces $19.4 Million in Federal Grants for Sacramento Law EnforcementFederal Grant Will Provide Funding for 50 PositionsCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced over $19.4 million in federal funding for local law enforcement, enabling the hiring, re-hiring or retaining of 50 first responders to protect and serve the Sacramento community. The grants provide 100 percent f...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 27, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Announces $499,229 Community Transformation Grant for Sierra Health FoundationAffordable Care Act Is Improving Health in the Sacramento Community, Helping Control Health Care SpendingCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) proudly announced that the Sierra Health Foundation was awarded a competitive capacity building grant of nearly half a million dollars for community prevention ef...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 27, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 34 Members of Congress Urge FCC Reform USF High Cost FundCall on FCC to Ensure Broadband Adoption is Central to Any USF Reform Plan Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications & Technology, sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Julius Genachowski recommending that the FCC maintain its commitment to r...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 23, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Calls for Investments in Transportation Infrastructure to Spur Job Creation Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) sent a letter to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica (R-FL) and Ranking Member Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV) imploring them to include robust transportation infrastructure funding in any job creation proposal before the Committee.Congresswo...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 23, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Opposes GOP Efforts to Train Wreck Clean Air StandardsVotes Against TRAIN Legislation; Signs Letter in Support of Cross State Air Pollution Control Rule Today, Congresswoman Matsui asserted her opposition to the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation (TRAIN) Act, which would gut the Clean Air Act and endanger public health. The bill creates a redundant, bureaucratic revie...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 23, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Urges Passage of American Jobs ActPlan Would Provide Much-Need Resources for California Schools, Families Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) reiterated her support for the American Jobs Act, legislation sent to Congress by President Barack Obama, and introduced Wednesday in the House of Representatives as H.R. 12. The American Jobs Act will help small businesses grow and hire wor...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 21, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Matsui Applauds Senate Introduction of Her Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) applauded Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Tom Udall (D-NM) for introducing companion legislation of her Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act in the United States Senate. The Matsui legislation is part of House Democrats Make It In Americ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 20, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Recognizes End of Don t Ask, Don t Tell Policy Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) reaffirmed her support for H.R. 2695, the Don t Ask Don t Tell Repeal Act of 2010. Starting today, the law formally repeals the harmful Don t Ask, Don t Tell policy, which called for the dishonorable discharge of service members who were either openly gay or perceived to be. In December 2010,...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 19, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui, City Leaders Celebrate Grand Opening Ceremony of Fire Station 43 in NatomasCA On Saturday, September 17th, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05), participated in the grand opening ceremony of the Sacramento Fire Department’s Station 43, located in Natomas. Congresswoman Matsui was joined by Mayor Kevin Johnson, Sacramento Fire Chief Ray Jones, and other City leaders for the ribbon-cutting cerem...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 15, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Matsui Statement on Anti-Labor ActOpposes GOP’s Job Outsourcers Bill of Rights, Encourages Quick Adoption of President Obama’s American Jobs Act Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) released a statement on H.R. 2587, the so-called Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act. This harmful bill put forth by House Republicans would remove the only meaningful remedy available to workers ...
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