FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 23, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Examines Pipeline Safety In Light of Recent San Bruno ExplosionRep. Matsui Says Public Safety Must Come First Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) participated in the House Energy and Commerce Energy and Environment Subcommittee hearing on Pipeline Safety Oversight and Legislation. The hearing comes shortly after the recent pipeline explosion in the San Bruno, Californi...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 23, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 House Members Introduce Small Business Clean Energy Financing ActMatsui Legislation Will Provide Clean Energy Small Businesses with Greater Access to Capital Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05), a Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, introduced the Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act, legislation which will assist small businesses in the clean energy sector to access financing. Represent...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 23, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 House Energy and Commerce Committee Passes Two Public Health Bills Introduced by Rep. Doris Matsui Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed two of Congresswoman Doris Matsui’s (CA 05) public health bills during a full committee mark-up. H.R. 1230, the Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act and H.R. 6081, the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act were both...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 23, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Announces $225,000 for Enhanced Learning of Pre-K Children in SacramentoCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) announced that the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) has been awarded $225,000 through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) to provide coaching and supportive services to Head Start teachers in Sacramento. Distributed by the Department of Health and H...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 21, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Rep. Matsui Asks FCC to Allow Smart Grid Technology to Utilize TV White Spaces Stresses that Such Use Would Promote Innovation in Clean Energy Today, Congresswomen Doris Matsui (CA-05) and Anna Eshoo (CA-14), sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski asking that the FCC consider allowing smart grid applications to utilize TV white spaces. The FCC has authority to put un...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 20, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Applauds Patient’s Bill of Rights That Goes Into Effect This ThursdayPassed as Part of the Affordable Care Act, Bill of Rights Includes Number of Consumer Protections Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) applauded key consumer protections in the Affordable Care Act that go into effect this Thursday, September 23rd, exactly six months after the act was signed into law. After yea...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 16, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163Two Matsui Public Health Bills Are Passed Out of House SubcommitteeBoth Bills Passed by Voice Vote with Bipartisan Support Today, two of Congresswoman Doris Matsui’s (D-CA) public health bills the Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act (H.R. 1230) and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6081) passed the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee. I am plea...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 16, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Stresses that Broadband Affordability Must be Addressed in Reform of Universal Service Fund Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) participated in the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet hearing on H.R. 5828, the Universal Service Reform Act. One year ago today, Congresswoman Matsui introduced H.R. 3646, the Broadband Affordability Act, w...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 15, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Supports Legislation to Create More American Jobs and Increase American ManufacturingHelps Prevent Jobs from being Shipped Overseas by Supporting Two Make it in America Bills Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) supported two bills to increase American manufacturing and create new jobs. With Congresswoman Matsui’s support, the House of Representatives passed the Congressional Made i...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 13, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Joins HHS Secretary Sebelius Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge Encourages Local Families to Enroll Their Children for Health CoverageCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) applauded Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recent announcement of the Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge, a new national coalition to enroll five million children nationwide in Me...
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