“DAM DISPUTE BOTTLES UP WATER PROJECTS CALIFORNIA
FIGHT STALLS AID ACROSS US.”
by Michael Doyle & Lawrence M. O’Rourke
The Modesto Bee Online 29 (August 1998)
WASHINGTON -- Flood-soaked North Carolina and Texas may
get some federal recovery aid, but legislation before Congress
to help states prevent floods is in danger of sinking over a
dispute involving a California dam.... more
National Journal Group
Stephen Norton
WASHINGTON -- Mar-28 -- (CongressDaily) Rep. Robert Matsui,
D-Calif., who is helping to lead efforts to rally Democratic
support for permanent normal trade relations for China, warned
Monday that a vote must come by May or the increasingly uphill
battle could be lost for the year. Referring to the reluctance
to schedule a vote in the House so far, Matsui said: "I
am astonished by this. Every day that goes by we lose one or
two votes." Matsui said organized labor activists who oppose
PNTR are succeeding in winning over wavering members. "On
our side, we are going to have a very difficult time unless
there is an early vote--some time in May," he said....
more
Sacramento Bee
Christina Jewett
August 7, 2003
Amanda Limeberger of Land Park does not lead a stereotypical
artist's life. She fits art lessons into her Friday night schedule,
after soccer or basketball or volleyball practices.The Christian
Brothers High School sophomore was surprised by the first-place
award she earned in the 2003 Congressional Art Competition sponsored
by Rep. Robert Matsui, D-Sacramento....more
The Sacramento Bee
Gwendolyn Crump
August 21, 2002
Fifth-grader Mary Jo O'Connor thought her congressman would
offer a solution to the problematic cockroaches, leaky roofs
and graffiti plaguing some schools. "I thought he would
say he would fix it as soon as possible," the 10-year-old
said. Instead, she got a lesson in politics - that nothing gets
done without committees, lots of discussion, bills, signatures.
...more
Matsui was loyal soldier for party
Dan Walters
Sacramento Bee
When Robert Matsui was elected to Congress in 1978, representing
the urban core of Sacramento, a reporter who had covered his
political career dubbed him "congressman for life."
That moniker became an epitaph late Saturday night when Matsui,
who had been elected to his 14th congressional term just two
months earlier, died of complications from a rare blood disorder.
He was 63.... more
New Questions Surface on Raising Sacramento, Calif.
David Whitney
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
The Sacramento Bee
September 16, 2003
More questions about the cost, safety and security of raising
Folsom Dam to give Sacramento its last major component of flood
protection are emerging just as a key House committee braces
for a showdown over the $219 million project.... more
Sacramento,Cal., Congressmen at Opposite Ends of Flood
Control Issue
David Whitney
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sacramento Bee
February 3 2003
A stalemate over Sacramento flood control appears to be
settling in, and the consequence could be a hiatus in Congress
on improvements that would protect the city from the whopping
American ...more
Folsom, Calif., Dam Deal in Works
David Westphal
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sacramento Bee
July 21, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Reps. John Doolittle and Robert Matsui, long
at odds over Sacramento flood control, are at work on a compromise
that would authorize nearly $250 million to raise Folsom Dam,
plus a "comparable amount" for water supply improvements
in Placer and El Dorado counties....more
Historic Deal on Sacramento, Calif., Flood Control 'Essentially
Done'
David Whitney
Knight Rider/Tribune Business News
Sacramento Bee
November 6 2003
A historic $420 million deal on Sacramento flood control
and Northern California water moved to within an inch of enactment
Wednesday when a House-Senate conference committee added it
to a must-pass 2004 spending bill....more
Flood-Control Deal for Sacramento, Calif., on Way to
White House
David Whitney
Knight Rider/Tribune Business News
Sacramento Bee
November 20 2003
A groundbreaking flood-control deal for Sacramento was
on its way to the White House on Wednesday for President Bush's
expected signature after the House and Senate easily approved
the 2004 spending bill to which it was attached....more
ROBERT T. MATSUI * 1941 – 2005
Deb Kollars
Sacramento Bee
January 9 2003
With hearts awash in memories and respect, friends, family
and admirers of Robert Matsui said farewell Saturday to the
popular Democratic congressman from Sacramento.... more
Matsui's loss to be felt in flood control
Terri Hardy and Carrie Peyton Dehlberg
Sacramento Bee
January 4 2005
The death of Rep. Robert Matsui is not likely to imperil
a historic flood control deal he helped create, but maintaining
momentum and capturing the money for those improvements could
prove more difficult, flood experts and political leaders said
Monday.... more
Mourners remember Matsui's devotion to roots
John Wildermuth
San Francisco Chronicle
January 9 2005
More than 1,000 mourners remembered Rep. Robert Matsui
Saturday as a hometown boy who never forgot the people he represented
for more than 30 years, both on the Sacramento City Council
and in Congress.... more
Japanese-Americans remember Rep. Robert Matsui as a champion
Laura Wides
The Associated Press
January 3, 2005
When then-House Speaker "Tip" O'Neal tapped freshman
Rep. Robert Matsui for the House Immigration Committee, the
first-generation Japanese-American demurred and instead sought
a post on the House Ways and Means Committee... more
