FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 8, 2011 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163 Matsui Applauds Administration Initiative to Increase Small Business Access to Capital Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) applauded the Obama Administration’s announcement of a $2 billion public-private partnership to help small businesses gain access to capital and resources so that they may grow, expand, and create more jobs. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will launch a $1 billion...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, December 2, 2011 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163 Matsui: Sacramento Among First Cities to Benefit from Obama Energy Upgrades Plan Will Help Advance Sacramento as Clean Tech Capital , Create 50,000-plus Jobs Nationally Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) applauded President Barack Obama’s announcement that Sacramento, CA will be one of the first five cities to benefit from $4 billion in federal and private green building investments. The investm...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, November 30, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU (202) 225-7163Matsui Opposes Anti-Worker BillH.R. 3094 Would Inhibit Workers Ability to Organize Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted in opposition to H.R. 3094, the so-called Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. This anti-labor bill would, in fact, inhibit employees ability to organize by forcing workers to wait months and years before they are allowed to vote on whether to form a union. As Democra...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, November 22, 2011 CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163 Congresswoman Matsui Announces $550,000 in Federal Grants to SHRA & West SacramentoCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced that the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) and the City of West Sacramento will be receiving $150,000 and $400,000 respectively from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC)...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 21, 2011 CONTACTS:Adjoa Adofo (Schakowsky) 202.225.2111Alana Juteau (Matsui) 202.225.7163Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Statement on Super Committee 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 the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach an agreement to address the country...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, November 21, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Statement on Super Committee’s Failure to Reach Deal Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) released the following statement upon the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction’s announcement that they have failed to reach a deal: The Super Committee was given a unique and historic opportunity to get America on the right path by addressing our nation’s deficit and creating jobs in a responsible mann...
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Published in The Sacramento Bee on November 20, 2011Stop latest Delta threat: A political power playBy Congressman George Miller & Congresswoman Doris MatsuiSome things never change.The vitality of the single most important estuary on the West Coast is once again at risk from an old-fashioned political power play. If it's successful, local water users, the economy and the environment of our region and state will pay a huge price.The San Francisco Bay-Delta, at the confluence of the Sacramento an...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, November 17, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163House Passes Three-Bill Minibus Appropriations PackageFunds Matsui Priorities of COPS, WIC Programs This evening, Congresswoman Matsui (D-Sacramento) voted to pass a three-bill minibus appropriations package for fiscal year 2012. H.R. 2112 provides for appropriations for Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD). The legislation is the first full-y...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 16, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Congresswoman Matsui Votes to Put Veterans Back to WorkCalls for Action on More Pieces of American Jobs Act Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) voted in favor of the Senate amendment to H.R. 674 that will help put America’s veterans back to work. In its original form, H.R. 674 repeals the rule requiring federal, state, and local government agencies to withhold 3 percent of payments to contractors. The l...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, November 16, 2011CONTACT: ALANA JUTEAU(202) 225-7163Matsui Submits Public Comments on MOA for Bay Delta Conservation PlanCalls for Consideration of Sacramento’s Flood Protection PrioritiesCA Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) submitted her own comments in response to the public comment period for the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.Congresswoman Matsui has been part of a group of Northern California Members of Congress w...
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