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: Experience: House: District 6, 2005-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $904,928Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Doris O. Matsui

Gender: Female

Family: Widowed; 1 Child: Brian

Birth Date: 09/25/1944

Birth Place: Dinuba, CA

Home City: Sacramento, CA

Religion: Methodist

Education

BA, Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1966

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 2005-present

Won Special Election, United States House of Representatives, March 8, 2005

Current Legislative Committees

Energy and Commerce, Member

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Member

Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Arts Caucus

Member, Autism Caucus

Member, Coast Guard Caucus

Member, Community College Caucus

Member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Member, Congressional Bike Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues

Member, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine

Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption

Member, Congressional Hazards Caucus

Member, Congressional High-Performance Buildings Caucus

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Equality Caucus

Member, Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus

Member, Congressional Public Broadcasting Caucus

Member, Congressional Research & Development Caucus

Professional Experience

Former President, KVIE Public Television Channel

Former Government Relations Adviser, Law Firm

Deputy Assistant to the President, White House Office of Public Liaison, Clinton Administration, 1993-1998

Member, Congressional Stop Driving Under the Influence Caucus

Member, Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism

Member, Congressional Water Caucus

Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus

Member, Diabetes Caucus

Member, Energy Efficiency Caucus

Member, Global Warming Caucus

Member, Green Schools Caucus

Member, House Hunger Caucus

Member, Humanities Caucus

Member, Judicial Branch Caucus

Member, Medical Technology Caucus

Member, Missing In Action Caucus

Chair, National Children's Study Congressional Working Group

Chair, National Service Caucus

Member, Native American Caucus

Member, Out of Poverty Caucus

Member, Prisoner of War Caucus

Member, Renewable Energy Caucus

Member, Representative Berman's Entertainment Task Force

Member, Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Education Caucus

Member, Tri-Caucus

Member, United Kingdom Caucus

Member, Victims Rights Caucus

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Board of Regents, Governance Committee, Smithsonian Institution

Member, Board of Trustees, Meridian International Center

Member, Board of Trustees, Woodrow Wilson Center

Former Board of Directors, California Institute

Board Member, Crocker Art Museum

Member, Jr. League of Sacramento

Former Board Chair, KVIE Public Television Channel

Board Member, National Symphony Orchestra

Member, Sacramento Children's Home

Member, Smithsonian Regent's Governance Committee, Smithsonian Institution

Member, University of California, Women's Club of Sacramento

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Support A progressive income tax is necessary in modern society. That is the right way to run our tax system.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Oppose In times of peace, it is totally not needed to expand the military. We can improve instruction of our country by other ways.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Oppose Faith-based origanizations and prayer in schools are inappropriate because they fail to recognize American pluralism and religious diversity.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

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