FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 29, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Participates in House Cruise Safety Hearing Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) participated in the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing on cruise safety in the wake of the Costa Concordia accident.Congresswoman Matsui was one of the first Members of Congress to raise concerns over cruise ship safety. Her legislation, the Cruise Vessel Security and Saf...
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Published in The Hill on February 23, 2012Leaving behind the age of oilBy Congresswoman Doris O. MatsuiThose that tell you that we can drill our way to $2-a-gallon gas are selling fool’s gold. Nationwide, our gas use has consistently gone down over the past couple of years. At the same time, our domestic production is at the highest level it has been in eight years, with the number of rigs in U.S. oil fields quadrupling in the past three years alone. It has even gotten to the point where Americ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 22, 2012 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(916) 498-5600Congresswoman Matsui, Community Leaders Join Together in Support of Complete Streets & Safe Routes to SchoolCA – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) and other community leaders joined together at the Fruitridge Community Center to call for a national Complete Streets policy to be included in the American Energy and Infrastructure Act. Congresswoman Matsui has introduced a bipartisan amendment to the bill t...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 17, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on Corps of Engineers Vegetation on Levees Policy Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Corps of Engineers’ release of a new Policy Guidance Letter for vegetation on levees:“While I continue to review the details, I am very concerned that this is more of the same from the Corps on this issue. Their policy ignores the science on the subje...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 17, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Remarks on Payroll Tax Package Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) spoke on the House floor on the payroll tax cut extension package. While Congresswoman Matsui is supportive of extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, as well as a fix to the Medicare physician payment rate, she does not agree with many of the pay-fors in the legislation.Congresswoman Matsui’s remarks, as prepared for de...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, February 13, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui on the President’s Budget Outline for FY 2013 Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) highlighted the commitments to education, worker-training, manufacturing, clean energy, and infrastructure laid out in President Obama’s FY2013 budget blueprint.“I was pleased to see the President lay out a budget blueprint today that makes significant investments in education, job training, health care, clean...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, February 13, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202)225-7163Matsui Announces Funding for Sacramento Projects in President’s Budget OutlineOver $98 Million for Sacramento Flood Protection; $46 Million for South Line Phase II Extension Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) released the following statement in response to the funding for local flood and transportation projects that was included in President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget. The budget allocates over $98...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 10, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Joins Democratic Colleagues in Introducing DISCLOSE Act for 112th CongressCosponsors Bill to Disclose Special Interest Money in Elections Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) has signed on as an original cosponsor to the DISCLOSE 2012 Act (H.R. 4010), legislation introduced this week that responds to the Citizens United v. FEC decision by requiring the disclosure of the corporate and special inte...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, February 10, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on Contraceptive Rule Compromise Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that they would be revising the rule related to preventive services so that insurers would cover contraceptives for women employed at religious institutions:“I am supportive of President Obama’s announced compromise. At the end of the day, what matters ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, February 9, 2012CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Applauds Announced Settlement as First Step Toward Helping California HomeownersStresses that Further Federal Action is Necessary Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) released the below statement regarding the landmark $26 billion settlement between banks and federal and state officials following the housing foreclosure crisis. The settlement, which attempts to help struggling homeowners, will ...
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