FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 28, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 What Others Are Saying About Rep. Matsui’s Clean Tech Promotion Legislation Introduced Yesterday Yesterday, Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) was joined by her House Energy and Commerce Colleagues: Commerce Trade and Consumer Protection (CTCP) Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL); Chairman Emeritus John D. Dingell (D-MI); and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA), in introducing H.R. 5156, the Clean Energy Technology...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 28, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Rep. Matsui Advocates for Reduced Dependence on Oil at House HearingHighlights Legislation She Introduced Yesterday to Boost US Clean Tech Industry at Home and Abroad Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) participated in the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee hearing Clean Energy Policies that Reduce Our Dependence on Oil. Rep. Matsui has been a long-time advocate of clean energy policies and for redu...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 27, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Rep. Matsui Introduces Legislation to Bolster Local Clean Tech IndustryPuts Forth Plan to Provide Domestic Manufacturing and Foreign Export Assistance for American-Made Products Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) introduced the Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2010 to boost the competiveness of U.S. clean technology industry in the U.S. and international marketplace. Thi...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 27, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Announces Federal Funding for CSUS Neurological Research Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that the National Institute of Health (NIH) has awarded $329,114 to California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) to conduct clinical research on neurological disorders. Through this funding, CSUS researchers will conduct neurological research that will better characterize how the ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 22, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Commemorates 40th Anniversary of Earth Day Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D Sacramento) commemorated the 40th annual Earth Day by joining citizens around the world in addressing the need for all of us to make small changes in our daily tasks to reduce our impact on the environment. Rep. Matsui also called upon her colleagues in Congress to continue efforts to enact clean energy legislati...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 20, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Rep. Doris Matsui Recognizes the Importance of Equal Pay Day Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA 05) recognized the importance of Equal Pay Day, a day designed to mark the ongoing struggle of attaining equal pay for female workers across America by releasing the following statement: Each year, Equal Pay Day highlights the continuing presence of pay discrimination in the workplace. With the passage of the Equal Pay ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, April 16, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Urges Sacramentans to Send Back Their Census Forms Today Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) urged Sacramentans to return their Census forms they were sent in the mail. With only one day left until the Census deadline for the mail-back phase, only 69 percent of Sacramento County households have returned their forms. In order to be properly counted and get the necessary resources we ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 15, 2010CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Votes to Support Clean Estuaries ActBipartisan Bill Will Help Support Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted in favor of H.R. 4715, which would reauthorize the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program (NEP) through Fiscal Year 2016. Protecting our nation’s estuaries especially the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, which cont...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 14, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 225-7163 On the Eve of Tax Day, Congresswoman Matsui Highlights Recent Tax Cuts for Sacramento’s Families and Small Businesses Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) urged Sacramento families and small businesses to take advantage of the 25 different tax cuts in the Recovery Act part of the more than $800 billion in broad-based tax cuts for working families and small businesses that this Congress passed since last ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, April 10, 2010 CONTACT: MARA LEE(202) 302-3249 Congresswoman Matsui Celebrates Grand Opening of Tahoe Park Community Garden at Local Slow Foods FestivalCA This morning, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) joined Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty, Deputy Secretary for the California Department of Food and Agriculture David Pegos, Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond, and members of the community for the grand opening of...
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