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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, June 16, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Opposes Provisions in Agricultural Appropriations Bill That Would Hurt Sacramento FamiliesAnti-Hunger, Preventive Health, and Programs for Women and Children Are Put At Risk Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted against the Fiscal Year 2012 Agricultural Appropriations bill because of a series of troubling provisions in the bill that together would hamper critical support for American families. ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, June 15, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Announces Initial Funding Levels for Sacramento Flood Protection PrioritiesPraises Continued Federal Commitment to Protecting Area Residents, Businesses Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that four of Sacramento’s top flood protection priorities were funded in the House Energy and Water Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations bill. The bill was passed by the House Energy and Wate...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 15, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Statement on DOJ Waiver to Allow Sacramento Police to Keep 35 Federally-funded Cops on the Beat Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) issued a statement following the Department of Justice’s granting of a waiver to allow the Sacramento Police Department to keep 35 positions made possible by a federal Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant, whose application was supported ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 14, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Announces Initial Funding Levels for Sacramento Flood Protection PrioritiesPraises Continued Federal Commitment to Protecting Area Residents, Businesses Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that four of Sacramento’s top flood protection priorities were funded in the House Energy and Water Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations bill. The bill was recently passed out of the Subcommitt...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, June 14, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Introduces Legislation to Ensure All Americans Have Access to Affordable Internet ServicesBill Would Expand USF to Broadband for the Purpose of Spurring Broadband Adoptions Rates in Urban, Rural Communities Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, introduced the Broadband Affordability Act of 2011, which would help bridge the...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 10, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYINGAbout Rep. Matsui’s Energy Conservation Through Trees Act One week ago today, Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced H.R. 2095, the Energy Conservation Through Trees Act of 2011, legislation that would support programs run by electric utilities that use targeted planting of shade trees in order to reduce residential energy demand. This legislation will help homeowners lower their electric bi...
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