Doris Matsui

Liberal

Democrat

House Representative

California - District 7

Current Position: US House Representative CA-7

Running For: House Representative - District 7

Policy Positions

For expanding broadband access for low-income households through the Lifeline program
For rooftop solar tax credits for medium- and low-income homeowners
For domestic semiconductor manufacturing; co-authored the CHIPS for America Act providing $52 billion in investments
For federal flood protection investments; secured over $3 billion for flood projects in Sacramento region
Against recoupment of bonuses from California National Guard service members who received them unknowingly
For protecting and strengthening Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs
For complete streets policy ensuring roadways are designed for all users including bicyclists, pedestrians, children, seniors, and disabled
For California's High Speed Rail project

For expanding Medicaid; supported ACA expansion that brought Medicaid to millions of low-income Americans
For the Affordable Care Act; played pivotal role in passing and continues advocating for building upon it to increase coverage and lower premiums
For federal government negotiating prescription drug prices; led efforts on H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
For expanding telehealth access in Medicare; led bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act and Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act
For expanded mental health care access; authored Excellence in Mental Health Act creating community behavioral health clinics
For veteran suicide prevention; voted for Clay Hunt SAV Act to prevent veteran suicide and increase mental health access

For expanding educational opportunities for veterans transitioning to civilian life
For the Every Student Succeeds Act to replace No Child Left Behind
For the Pell Grant program and opposes cuts to these grants
Against President Trump's Executive Order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education

For clean energy investments and making clean energy technology a priority; co-chairs House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition
For electric grid resiliency upgrades through the POWER ON Act to address extreme weather events from climate change
For the Green New Deal and the Climate Action Now Act to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord
Against Trump Administration rollbacks of environmental rules including vehicle emissions standards
For California's authority to set its own vehicle emission standards and Clean Air Act waivers
For the Great American Outdoors Act and Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act

For preserving federal funding for Planned Parenthood and women's reproductive healthcare access
For repealing domestic and global gag rules
For net neutrality and preventing Internet fast lanes
For the Older Americans Act programs providing meals, transportation, and adult day care to seniors
For women's reproductive healthcare access and federal funding for Planned Parenthood
Against the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
For the Equal Rights Amendment Ratification

For the American Dream and Promise Act providing Dreamers, TPS holders and DED individuals protection from deportation and path to citizenship
Against Trump Administration's construction of the border wall
For the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act and Reuniting Families Act

For gun violence prevention measures including strengthening background checks, closing gun show loopholes, banning high capacity ammunition magazines, prohibiting hate crime convicts from gun ownership, assault weapons ban, extreme risk protection orders, and federal investment in background check infrastructure
For treating gun violence as a public health epidemic and supporting federal funding for CDC research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention