Doris Matsui Biography, Age, Politician, Political Views, Caucuses, Electoral History

Doris Matsui Biography

Doris Matsui (Doris K. Okada Matsui) is an American politician born on September 25, 1944, in Poston, Arizona, United States. She is the U.S Representative for California’s 6th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, that she rules is numbered as the 5th District from 2005 to 2013, it also consists of cities like Sacramento and several of its inner-ring suburbs.

Doris Matsui Age

Doris Matsui was born on September 25, 1944 (she is 74 years old as of 2018)

Doris Matsui Salary

Doris Matsui earns a salary of $174,000 annually.

Doris Matsui Net worth

Doris Matsui has an estimated net worth of $5 million.

Doris Matsui Education

Doris Matsui attended University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a B.A. in psychology.

Doris Matsui Husband

Doris Matsui met her future husband in the University of California, Berkeley, the couples were blessed with one son Brian. Her husband, Congressman Bob Matsui, died from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome on January 1, 2005.

Doris Matsui Politician

Doris Matsui gained the motivation of being a politician through her retired husband who was elected to Congress in 1979. She is the U.S. Representative for California’s 6th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Her ruling district is numbered as the 5th District from 2005 to 2013, consists of the city of Sacramento and several of its inner-ring suburbs. Following the death of her husband Bob Matsui on January 1, 2005, she was elected as his replacement in a special election on March 8, 2005, and took the oath on March 10, 2005.

Before she worked as a housewife and socialite and was active in the group “Lawyers’ Wives”, now called the Legal Auxiliary of Sacramento, while her husband was a local attorney and served on the Sacramento city council before his election to Congress in 1979. The Matsui moved to Washington DC shortly thereafter where they raised their son Brian. She was a volunteer on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. When he was elected, Matsui served on his transition team. Following the inauguration, she was appointed deputy special assistant to the president and deputy director of public liaison, working under Alexis Herman.

One of her duties was to work with the Asian American community. The President appointed her to the board of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in September 2000. She served in the White House from 1993 to 1998. Later she became a lobbyist in Washington where she represented corporate clients until 2005 when she returned to California to run for Congress against a field of local Democrats. On January 9, 2005, that is after the day of her husband funeral, she told her supporters she was running for his open seat.

In the special election, she garnered 68% of the vote. Press reports said that Matsui won the election before the polls opened as most votes in the election were absentee ballots, which she won overwhelmingly. She was elected to a full term in 2006 and was re-elected for four times without serious difficulty. The 6th is the most Democratic district in interior California; it and its predecessors have been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1953.

In her inaugural speech, she spoke of the many people who encouraged her to run and her family. She pledged to continue the work of her husband, especially regarding flood control projects in Sacramento, the main city in the district. She is a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. As a member, she has been focused on making the Sacramento area a hub for clean technology.

In 2007, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Matsui to the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents, where she served until 2011. Matsui was one of only three House Members to sit on the board. In 2007, Matsui was instrumental in developing an overhaul of the oversight and accountability practices of the Smithsonian. She has served in the convention parliamentarian of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. She supports full disclosure of campaign finances for politicians and desires more fair elections, as well as extending election periods to grab more of the population. She has also expressed her support for whistle-blowers’ protection to promote transparency in both business and government.

Doris Matsui Political Views

Budget
She has been supporting the earmarks, which have been a controversial topic. She defended her position, saying “members of Congress know their districts pretty well and know what they need.” She has also supported the raising of debt limit by 2.4 trillion dollars for federal spending and has supported numerous bailouts and federal funds injections. In 2008 she supported a 15 billion dollar bailout for GM and another 60 billion dollar stimulus in the hopes to stimulate the US economy.

She supported the initial TARP bailout funds and the 825 billion dollar continuation of 2009 in the hopes of avoiding recession. She later supported an additional 198 billion dollar stimulus package. She supports expanding agencies to meet the needs of citizens, rather than cutting spending and reform. She voted to raise Senator’s salary in 2009. She also voted to raise the minimum wage in 2007 and extend unemployment benefits from 39 to 59 weeks.

Taxes
She supports the progressive tax system and seeks to shut down off-shore loopholes for business. She voted against continuing capital gains and dividend tax breaks. She supports extending AMT exemptions which benefit higher-income taxpayers in states like California with high state income taxes.

Corporations
She is a pro-labor politician and supports an initiative to have shareholders vote for executive compensation at companies.

Social security
She strongly supports the favor of continuing with social security as it is now, and opposes any move to privatize it or allow citizens the option to have alternative retirement funds. She also opposes raising the retirement age, despite the significantly increased longevity of the average American since the establishment of social security.

Healthcare
She also supports the affordable health care to all she said In a discussion about the Patients Protection and Affordable Care Act, she again said that “more Americans get to know and understand the law, and feel its effects in their lives, the less the public will want to see us take steps back to the broken health care system we have experienced for decades in this country.”

She has opposed many attempts to repeal, reduce, or privatize Medicare or Medicaid. In addition, she has sought to expand medical coverage to children and mental patients. She voted against patients being denied treatment for non-emergency issues without a Medicare copay. She seeks to establish databases for childhood cancer and diabetes to better meet the needs of patients and diffuse information for better treatment. She supports tobacco being regulated as a drug.

Drugs
She voted to increase funding to Mexico to fight against the drug cartels. Her rating by NORML indicates that she is ‘hard on drugs’. She supports the distribution of clean and sterile syringes to reduce the spread of HIV and Hepatitis.

Abortion
She is a pro-choice where she received an endorsement from NARAL and she supports the federal health funding that includes abortion funding. She focuses on preventing unwanted pregnancies altogether, through funding contraception programs and make them readily available. She supports emergency contraceptive capabilities in hospitals for rape victims. She opposes the restriction of minors traveling across states for an abortion procedure. She has voted to continue human embryonic stem cell research.

Gay rights
She is a strong supporter of gay rights and was given a rating of 100% by the HRC. Her definition of marriage does not prohibit same-sex partners. She opposes discrimination in the workplace and in schools based on sexual orientation. She has also voted to enforce laws against anti-gay crimes. She supported the repeal of Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell and sought the reinstatement of gay soldiers who had been discharged from the military.

Energy
She supports American energy independence and desires that the US will be running on at least 25% renewable energy by the year 2025. She opposes the expansion of oil production and has voted against building new refineries, off-shore drilling, and subsidies for oil and gas exploration. She voted to provide tax subsidies for investment in renewable, alternative sources of energy.

Environment
She supports an initiative to develop green public schools across the nation. She endorses the cash-for-clunkers and voted to provide 2 billion dollars more of the program. She is a pro-animal supporter who seeks to regulate dog kennels and hold tighter prohibition against animal fighting. She has voted to increase wildlife protection from endangerment.

She was a supporter of the Clean Water Act and thus seeks cleaner beaches, lakes, and other bodies of water. She voted to allow the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases and promotes strict limits to pollution levels for industries. She supports individual states creating even stricter emission standards than the federal government. She has supported the expansion of Amtrak to provide a better public transportation option for the public.

Gun control
She seeks to expand gun control and supports stricter regulations on gun purchases and sales. She supports banning large-scale purchases of ammunition and seeks to end the gun show loophole. She also supports the firearms manufacturers from being held responsible for product misuse cases and lawsuits.

Doris Matsui Committee assignments

• Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
• Subcommittee on Environment
• Subcommittee on Health
• Subcommittee on Digital Commerce & Consumer Protection

Doris Matsui Caucuses

• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• National Service Caucus (Co-Chair)
• Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents
• Smithsonian Regents’ Governance Committee
• Congressional High-Tech Caucus
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
• Afterschool Caucuses

Doris Matsui for Congress

Congresswoman Doris Matsui has been the U.S. Representative for California’s 6th Congressional District since 2005. As a Member of Congress, Doris works to ensure that the voices of her district’s constituents are heard in Congress, and fights for the needs of the Sacramento region.

She represents the issues that are important to all in the region, including creating jobs, improving economic security for working families, ensuring access to affordable, quality health care and education, supporting our seniors, and improving the Sacramento region’s flood protection and transportation infrastructure.

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As members of Congress prepare for the rescheduled State of the Union on Tuesday, several have selected guests primed for politics for an evening in the shadow of the recent and possibly looming government shutdowns. Each member of Congress may bring a guest to the address, and many representatives choose guests who highlight key policy issues or stances that they support.

Source: sacramento.cbslocal.com