FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, December 19, 2011CONTACT: Amy Peake (Miller) 202-225-2095Austin Vevurka (Thompson) 202-225-3311Alana Juteau (Matsui) 202-225-7163Lauren Smith (McNerney) 202-225-1947Donald Lathbury (Garamendi) 202-570-3178Bay-Delta Members of Congress respond to BDCP Statement on TransparencyMembers had advocated for a more open and transparent BDCP process California Members of Congress who have led the effort to make the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) a more transparent and a...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, December 19, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Denounces ‘Most Anti-Environment House in History of Congress’ Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) denounced the anti-environment House of Representatives of the 112th Congress. A new report released by the Minority staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce provides a detailed analysis of the anti-environment record of the House during the first session of this Congress. Since Republicans took ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, December 16, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163House Passes Year-End Megabus Appropriations Package Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted to pass the nine-bill megabus appropriations package for fiscal year 2012. The Conference Report on H.R. 2055 provides for appropriations for Defense; Energy and Water; Financial Services; Homeland Security; Interior and Environment; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; Legislative Branch; ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 16, 2011 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU (202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Announces Funding for Sacramento Flood Projects in Year-End ‘Megabus’ Bill Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted to pass the nine-bill “megabus” appropriations package for fiscal year 2012. The megabus included the Energy and Water appropriations bill which funds the Army Corps of Engineers and, in turn, Sacramento’s flood projects. The House-passed version of the bill earl...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, December 15, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on California Receiving Over $50 Million in Race to the Top Funds Today, the White House announced the awarding of $52,572,935 in Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge funds to California. The Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge funds will support California’s work to develop new approaches to improving early learning. The fund is jointly administered by the Department of Education and the...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, December 15, 2011 CONTACTS:Adjoa Adofo (Schakowsky) – 202.225.2111Alana Juteau (Matsui) – 202.225.7163Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Statement on Ryan-Wyden Medicare Proposal Today, House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force co-chairs Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) released the following statement in response to a plan to overhaul Medicare proposed by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-O...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 15, 2011 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163 Matsui Statement on End of War in Iraq Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) issued the below statement following the official end of the Iraq War today. All U.S. troops in Iraq will return home by December 31st. Under President Obama’s leadership, we have made great strides in our overseas conflicts, and have brought a definitive close to the war in Iraq. After nearly nine years, I am pleased to see thi...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, December 14, 2011 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Announces 2.5 Million Additional Young Adults With Health CoverageThanks to Health Care Law, More Young Adults Ages 19 to 25 Have Insurance Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that new data released today from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that the health care law has enabled 2.5 million more young adults get health insurance. A provision in the la...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, December 13, 2011 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Opposes Policy Riders in Payroll Tax PackageRepublicans Continue to Play Political Games, Risk a Tax Increase on 160 Million Middle Class Americans Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) opposed H.R. 3630, the so-called “Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011”. While Congresswoman Matsui supports an extension of the payroll tax holiday that protects the solvency of the...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 9, 2011CONTACTS:Adjoa Adofo (Schakowsky) – 202.225.2111Alana Juteau (Matsui) – 202.225.7163Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Release Video Highlighting 2011 Medicare ‘Donut Hole’ Savings Today, the Co-Chairs of the House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force, Congresswomen Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), released a video promoting the recent news from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services that over 2.5 million Medicare beneficiaries in the...
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