FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 20, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on Two Year Anniversary of BP Oil SpillSays Congress Should Have Already Acted to Prevent a Repeated Incident Today, on the two year anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed eleven crew members and leaked an estimated 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement:“Two years ago today, the Deepwater...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 19, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Elected Vice-Chair of Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) was elected to serve as a Vice-Chair on the Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition (SEEC). Established in January 2009 at the start of the 111th Congress, SEEC’s mission is to advance policies that promote clean energy technology innovation and domestic manufacturing, develop renewabl...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, April 17, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on Equal Pay Day Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) issued the following statement today on Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the year a woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the previous year:“Equal pay is not just a women’s issue – it is a family issue. In California, women earn 84 cents for every dollar earned by men. If the wage gap in California was eliminated, a worki...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, April 16, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on Tax Day Today, ahead of Tax Day on April 17, 2012, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement: As Americans file their taxes this season, Congressional Democrats are fighting to restore tax fairness for the middle class. This week, the Senate will take up legislation to enact the Buffett Rule, which will ensure that people making over $1 million per year do not pay a lower...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 13, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Discusses Her Opposition to Proposed Cuts to Medicare with Local SeniorsCA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) addressed lunch attendees at the Fruitridge Community Center about recent budget proposals that affect seniors – and specifically the Republican budget plan that would privatize America’s Medicare program and severely cut funding for Medicaid. The Congresswoman, who is the Co-Chair ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, April 12, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Celebrates 30 Years of SETA’s Head Start ProgramHighlights the Significant Cuts the Republican Budget Would Make to the ProgramCA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) joined the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their Head Start program, and to call attention to the significant cuts the Ryan Republican budget would make to the prog...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 11, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui and SMUD Celebrate Smart Meter Installation ProgramOver 600,000 Smart Meters Installed Free of Charge to Customers Thanks to Recovery ActCA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) joined representatives from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to celebrate the successful installation of more than 600,000 smart meters in local homes and businesses. The smart meter install...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 10, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui & Senator Feinstein Tour Natomas LeveesCA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) toured the Natomas levees and highlighted their continued support for the Natomas Levee Improvement Project (NLIP). Both Congresswoman Matsui and Senator Feinstein have championed the project in their respective chambers of Congress, and have been working to see it auth...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, April 3, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU (202) 225-7163CA Democratic Congressional Delegation Send Letter Demanding Changes in Levee Vegetation Variance PolicyCongresswoman Matsui Leads Bipartisan Letter Detailing Revisions Needed Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-Sacramento), with over thirty of her colleagues and the support of the entire California Democratic Congressional Delegation, sent a letter to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jo-Ellen ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 29, 2012CONTACTS:Adjoa Adofo (Schakowsky) – 202.225.2111Alana Juteau (Matsui) – 202.225.7163Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Oppose Ryan Republican Budget that Puts Seniors at RiskBudget Ends Medicare, Slashes Medicaid, and Endangers Social Security Today, House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force co-chairs Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) voiced their opposition to the Ryan Republican budget for Fiscal Year 2013, which ...
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