FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 8, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Emphasizes Need for Full Funding for Sacramento Flood Protection PrioritiesHouse Bill Would Provide 90% of Requested Funding But Is Below Corps Capability Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-Sacramento) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives during debate on the rule for the Fiscal Year 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. Sacramento’s top flood protection priorities are each ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 07, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Urges House Leadership to Act on International Currency Reform Legislation H.R. 639 Would Boost Competitiveness of American Manufacturing Industry, Create American Jobs Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) joined her colleagues in signing a discharge petition to bring the bipartisan Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (H.R. 639) up for a vote in the House of Representatives. H.R. 639 would provide mea...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, July 7, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Rep. Matsui Announces up to $862k in Federal Grants to Combat Human Trafficking in Sacramento RegionThree Year Grant Provides $287k in First Year to Sacramento Rescue & Restore CoalitionCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that a three year federal grant that could total up to $862,236 has been awarded to the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) and the Sacramento Rescue & Restore Coa...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 5, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Rep. Matsui: Affordable Care Act Has Put $1 Million Back in the Pockets of Sacramento SeniorsCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D Sacramento) announced that the Affordable Care Act has reduced Medicare prescription drug costs for approximately 2,130 Sacramento seniors by a total of almost one million dollars since January 2011. Since 2005, American seniors had fallen into a prescription drug coverage gap, often ref...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 01, 2011CONTACT: MATSUI PRESS(202) 225-7163Rep. Matsui Announces $1.8 Million Federal Grant to Train 300 Workers in SacramentoCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that a $1.8 million federal grant has been awarded to the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) for job training programs for displaced workers. As part of a larger $45 million grant awarded to the South Bay Workforce Investment Consortium through the Department of...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, July 1, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Release Video Marking 45th Anniversary of Medicare Today, the Co-Chairs of the House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force, Congresswomen Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), released a video in celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Medicare program’s implementation, and reiterated their opposition to the Republican Budget plan to end Medicare.Before July 1, 1966, 51 percent of ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, June 30, 2011CONTACT: MATSUI PRESS(202) 225-7163/ (916) 498-5600Rep. Matsui Visits Colonial Heights Library, Highlights Importance of Internet Connectivity in Digital AgeCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) visited the Sacramento Library’s Colonial Heights Branch to see the impact of its technology resources for low-income individuals and families in the South Sacramento area. In Congress, Rep. Matsui has made expanding high speed Internet access ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, June 28, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Applauds Feinstein Introduction of Companion Bill to Modernize Flood Zone Designations Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) released the following statement in response to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) introduction of the Flood Insurance Fairness Act, companion legislation to Matsui’s own H.R. 902, which will help modernize and clarify the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood zone ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, June 22, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Honors 5th District’s 2011 Congressional Art Contest WinnerSacramento Student Colin Keiner Visits Washington, D.C. to See His Art Displayed in U.S. Capitol Today, Representative Doris Matsui (CA-05) congratulated this year’s winner of the Fifth District Congressional Art Competition, Colin Keiner of Sacramento. Colin traveled to Washington, D.C. this week to participate in a reception honoring th...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, June 22, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Announces Over $850,000 in Federal Grants to Train 150 Sacramento Workers for Green JobsCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) announced that the Sacramento Center for Employment & Training (CET) has received approximately $854,000 in grant funding through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Green Jobs Innovation Fund. CET will train 150 workers in Sacramento for green jobs in partnership with the Sacramento W...
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