FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, June 9, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163Rep. Matsui Receives Power of One Lifetime Award at Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento Annual BanquetCA This evening, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) was honored at the Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento Annual Awards Banquet with the Power of One Lifetime Award for her work to promote religious and ethnic tolerance. With the March attack of two Elk Grove Sikhs, we are sternly reminded of th...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, June 3, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Introduces Energy Conservation Through Trees ActLegislation Will Use Trees to Reduce Energy Demand and Costs, Improve Air Quality Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced H.R. 2095, the Energy Conservation Through Trees Act, legislation that would support programs run by electric utilities that use targeted planting of shade trees in order to reduce residential energy demand. This legislatio...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, June 2, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Matsui Continues to Fight for UASI Funding for Sacramento RegionFederal Funding for Local Security Initiatives are Critical to Keeping Area Safe This week Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) continued her fight to ensure that Sacramento receives the federal support it needs to ensure the region is as protected from the threats of terrorism as possible, by arguing for the reinstatement of federal funding for the Urb...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 26, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Rep. Matsui Helps Secure Support for Troops to Teachers Amendment in Defense Authorization Bill Bipartisan Amendment Will Expand Opportunities for Returning Troops to Teach in Nation’s Schools Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) helped secure support for an amendment she sponsored with Reps. Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Tom Petri (R-WI) to expand the existing Troops to Teachers (TTT) program. The amendment to the ...
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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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Published in The Sacramento Bee in May 2011Strengthen Medicare in a responsible wayBy Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui & Secretary Kathleen SebeliusToday, nearly 48 million people our parents, grandparents, neighbors and friends rely on Medicare for the medical treatments and prescription drugs they need to get healthy and stay healthy. For nearly half a century, the program has freed a generation of Americans from the fear that sickness or injury would cost them their life savings. In doing so...
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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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