Congresswoman Doris Matsui has represented the city of Sacramento and its surrounding areas since 2005. As a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, she serves on the Health and Energy subcommittees and is the Vice Chair on the Communications and Technology subcommittee. She is committed to strengthening Sacramento’s flood protection, ensuring quality, affordable health care for all, promoting a clean energy economy, and creating a vibrant region where families can live, work, and play.
Congresswoman Matsui has been a leader in Congress on a broad range of health care issues, from establishing and improving the Affordable Care Act, to reforming mental health and substance abuse care, to expanding the use of telehealth, and ensuring that medical research and the delivery system provide Americans with 21st Century cures and equitable access to quality care.
The Congresswoman is a member of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee, which oversees agencies and writes laws pertaining to public health, including emergency preparedness and response; private and public health insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program); the regulation of food, drugs, vaccines and cosmetics; mental health; biomedical research and development; health disparities; health information technology, and more.