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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 10, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Praises EPA Interim Ruling re: Sacramento Air Quality Standard Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) issued the below statement following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to determine that the area has attained the one-hour ozone standard, thereby eliminating the requirement for Section 185 fees to be imposed on larger businesses in the Sacramento region. The approv...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, May 6, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Commemorates National Teacher Appreciation Week Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) honored our nation’s teachers this week, and thanked Sacramento teachers for their commitment to providing solid education to our community’s students. Teachers remain one of the most important influences in our community, said Congresswoman Matsui. Teachers shape the minds of our children, and in turn, shape the f...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 5, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Introduces Safe and Complete Streets LegislationPolicies Would Create Safer Roads for Bicyclists, Pedestrians, Seniors, Schoolchildren and Motorists Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced H.R. 1780, the Safe and Complete Streets Act of 2011, legislation that would require each state’s department of transportation and metropolitan planning organization to put in place a Complete Streets p...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 4, 2011CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Votes Against H.R. 3Legislation Would Prohibit Women from Accessing Family Planning Services and Place Burdens on Small Businesses Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-5) voted against H.R. 3, legislation that would for the first time place abortion coverage restrictions on women who purchase insurance in the private market with their own money and small businesses who provide health care to the...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 4, 2011 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Helps Launch Make It In America Initiative for 112th Congress Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and members of the House Democratic Caucus launched the Make It In America initiative for the 112th Congress. The Make It In America initiative is a plan to support job creation by encouraging businesses to make products in the U.S. by supporting infrastructure and R&D investments in areas l...
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