FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 28, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Helps Break Ground of Rail Line Relocation Project to Create Over 1,100 Local Jobs$26 Million in Recovery Act Funding Helped Make Project a RealityCA On Thursday, April 28th at 10:00AM, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) made remarks and helped break ground for the downtown rail line relocation project with Acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy Joel Szabat, Mayor Kevin Johnson, and...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, April 27, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Discusses her Opposition to Proposed Cuts to Medicare with Local SeniorsCA Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) addressed lunch attendees at the Stanford Settlement Senior Center about recent budget proposals that affect seniors specifically the Republican budget plan that would privatize Medicare and severely cut funding for Medicaid. The Congresswoman discussed her opposition to the pl...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 22, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on Earth Day 2011CA As people around the world celebrate Earth Day, celebrated on the 22nd of April each year, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement: We observed the first Earth Day in response to the disastrous oil spill which took place off the Santa Barbara coastline in 1970. This year, the recent anniversary of the BP Oil Spill serves as a stark reminder of the continued...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 21, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Hosts Seniors Telephone Town HallCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) hosted a Seniors Telephone Town Hall to hear from her constituents on such topics as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the proposed changes to these programs in the House-passed budget plan. In recent weeks, there has been significant debate in Congress about the future of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Sec...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, April 20, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on One Year Anniversary of BP Oil SpillCA Today, on the one year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed eleven crew members and leaked an estimated 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), released the following statement: One year ago today, a tragically preventable accident that resulted in the loss of eleven American ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, April 18, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Doris Matsui Announces Telephone Town Hall with Seniors to Take Place on Thursday Morning, 10:30 am PSTCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced she will hold a Seniors Telephone Town Hall this Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 10:30 am PST to hear from and talk with her constituents on such topics as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the proposed changes to these programs in the House...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, April 18, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Announces Commerce Secretary Gary Locke To Address Sacramento Metro Chamber May 9th Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will address the Sacramento Metro Chamber on May 9th during their annual Cap-to-Cap program to Washington, D.C. Secretary Locke will speak to the Sacramento delegation about the economy, strategic investments, and job...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, April 15, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Opposes Republican Budget Plan That Would Hurt Seniors, Students and Clean Energy Sector Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui voted against the Republican budget plan for Fiscal Year 2012 that would privatize Medicare, gut Medicaid, and end federal support for clean energy technology and manufacturing. Congresswoman Matsui has been an outspoken opponent of the plan since its release, organizing press conferences ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 14, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Rep. Matsui Opposes Defunding Planned Parenthood Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement on H.Con.Res. 36, legislation to defund Planned Parenthood: Millions of Americans all across the country rely on Planned Parenthood as their only source of care. More than 90 percent of the care that Planned Parenthood provides to communities are preventive services, and primary care. Such care kee...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, April 13, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Applauds $7 Million for Powerhouse Science CenterCA - Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-Sacramento) applauded the announcement that Sacramento’s Powerhouse Science Center has been awarded a $7 million state grant to pay for the first of the three buildings that will be built on the banks of the Sacramento River. The grant process was highly competitive, with the grant office receiving over $...
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