FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 26, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Announces Over $2 Million in Grants for Local Organizations to Hire 253 AmeriCorps MembersCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) announced that two local Sacramento organizations will receive a combined $2,087,419 in AmeriCorps grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service, and will be able to hire 253 AmeriCorps members as a result. Congresswoman Matsui, Co-Chair of the bipartisan National ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 25, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Voices Opposition to Cuts to Primary Care WorkforceH.R. 1216 Would Remove Federal Funding to Help Train 16,000 Family Doctors Included in Health Care Law Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted against H.R. 1216, which would put the future of the primary care workforce into question by removing designated funding to support medical students interested in pursuing a career as a famil...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, May 23, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Reps. Matsui, Petri and Courtney Introduce Legislation To Expand Troops To Teachers Program Bipartisan effort will expand opportunities for returning troops to teach in nation’s schools Representatives Tom Petri (R-WI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), and Doris Matsui (D-CA) today introduced the bipartisan Post-9/11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act of 2011 (H.R. 1947), which seeks to expand the existing Troops to Teachers prog...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, May 21, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Discusses Opposition to Proposed Cuts to Medicare at Sacramento Older Women’s League MeetingCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) joined the Sacramento Chapter of the Older Women’s League (OWL) for their monthly meeting to discuss her opposition to the Republican budget plan that would privatize Medicare and severely cut funding for Medicaid. Over thirty OWL members were in attendanc...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, May 20, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163Rep. Matsui Gives Welcoming Remarks at Breathe California’s 35th Annual Clean Air AwardsCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) delivered welcoming remarks at Breathe California’s 35th Annual Clean Air Awards. The Clean Air Awards are given to groups or individuals who have made a significant contribution to improving California’s air quality over the prior year. Five awards were presented at the luncheon: the Bu...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 19, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Statement in Support of Goodwin Liu’s Nomination to Appellate CourtCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) issued the following statement in support of President Obama’s nomination of Goodwin Liu as an appellate court jurist. The U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a vote on Liu’s nomination today, and 60 votes are needed to file cloture: Goodwin Liu is a renowned legal scholar, an awar...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 17, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Announces Over $1 Million for Sacramento YouthBuild ProgramCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that the Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps (SRCC) has been awarded a Department of Labor competitive grant of $1.1 million to support their YouthBuild program. This is in addition to the $1 million in federal funding SRCC received in June 2009 for their YouthBuild program; a ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, May 17, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Announces $35,000 in NEA Grants for Local OrganizationsSacramento Philharmonic Receives $20,000 to Support Educational SeriesCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that two local organizations, the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra Association and California Presenters, have been awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Sacramento Philharmonic will recei...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 12, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Votes Against Series of Bills to Reward Big Oil Bills Would Reduce Safety and Oversight, Open California Coast to Drilling Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) voted against H.R. 1229 and H.R. 1231, in addition to the vote she cast against H.R. 1230, last week. Together, these three bills brought forward by the majority party in the House of Representatives would increase domestic oil drilling ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 12, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYINGAbout Rep. Matsui’s Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011 One week ago today, Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced H.R. 1780, the Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011, a bill that would require each state’s department of transportation and metropolitan planning organization to put in place a Complete Streets policy that ensures all Federally-funded transportation projects accommodate th...
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