Congresswoman Doris Matsui

House Bill Includes Matsui Amendment; Calls on Mortgage Industry to Implement a Temporary "Time-Out" on Foreclosures WASHINGTON, D.C. ( OBSNews.com ) – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) voted in favor of legislation today that brings assistance and fairness to the millions of American families who are facing foreclosure. The Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, H.R. 1106, will help homeowners in the hardest hit areas in the country, including Sacramento. The bill also included an...Read Full Story

Will Allow for Critical Research That Could Save Millions of Lives WASHINGTON ( OBSNews.com ) – Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA – 05) made the following statement today after President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order lifting the eight-year ban on embryonic stem cell research put in place by the Bush Administration: “Today is an historic day for the millions of Americans who live with a disease that embryonic stem cell research may be able to cure. In issuing this order, President...Read Full Story

Puts Forth Plan to Provide Domestic Manufacturing and Foreign Export Assistance for American-Made Products By Mara Lee WASHINGTON, D.C.( OBSNews.com ) – 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. This will have an enormous impact on the Sacramento region, and help further the region’s progress...Read Full Story

Bipartisan Bill Will Help Support Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta By Mara Lee WASHINGTON, D.C. ( OBSNews.com ) – 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 contains the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta – is of critical economic and...Read Full Story

Participates in Gold Medal Ceremony Honoring Three Sacramento Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) By Mara Lee WASHINGTON, DC ( OBSNews.com ) – Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D – Sacramento) joined with her colleagues in the House and Senate to award the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) with the Congressional Gold Medal for their service during World War II. WASPs were the first women in history to fly American military aircraft; they flew fighter, bomber, transport, and...Read Full Story