Candidate · U.S. House, District 7
Doris Matsui
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, California District 7 (in Congress since 2005)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
Background
- Has represented Sacramento and surrounding areas in the U.S. House since winning a March 2005 special election. source: matsui.house.gov
- Senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Ranking Member of its Communications and Technology Subcommittee. source: matsui.house.gov
- Served as Deputy Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Public Liaison and on President Clinton's transition board. source: matsui.house.gov
- Chaired the board of KVIE public television in Sacramento. source: matsui.house.gov
- Graduated from UC Berkeley; grew up on a farm in the Central Valley. source: matsui.house.gov
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