FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 12, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Matsui Statement on House Vote on Incandescent Light BulbsUnnecessary Legislation Would Repeal Efforts to Save Energy, Money for Consumers Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued a statement in opposition to H.R. 2417, the BULB Act, which would repeal provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 relating to light bulbs, and voicing her con...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, July 12, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Matsui Amendment to Save Sacramento-area Homeowners Average of $843 on Flood Insurance Passes House Would Phase-in Rates for Remapped Areas Over 5 Years, Starts at Lower, Preferred Rates Today, the House of Representatives adopted an amendment offered by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) that will save Sacramento-area homeowners in remapped areas an average of $843 on their flood insurance plans. The Matsui A...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 8, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Matsui Argues for National Flood Insurance Bill That Will Aid Sacramento HomeownersIncludes Matsui Language to Modernize FEMA’s Flood Zone Designations; Additional Amendment Would Phase-in Rates Over 5 Years, Starting at Lower, Preferred Rates Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-Sacramento) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives during debate on the rule for H.R. 1309, the National Flood Insurance Refor...
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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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Published on The Huffington Post in July 2011On 45th Anniversary, Medicare Under SiegeBy Congresswoman Doris Matsui & Congresswoman Jan SchakowskyForty-five years ago today, Medicare began operation and senior citizens started to use their brand new Medicare cards to obtain medical care. As President Lyndon B. Johnson stated, older Americans began to receive guaranteed access to care "not as an act of charity, but as the insured right of a senior citizen. July 1, 1966 marks a new day of freedom ...
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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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