Representative Doris Matsui Oral History Interview
circ. Apr 2, 2008
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Next, we feature U.S. Representative Doris Matsui of California who serves on the House Rules Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. During the Clinton Administration, she was Deputy Assistant to ..
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Next, we feature U.S. Representative Doris Matsui of California who serves on the House Rules Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. During the Clinton Administration, she was Deputy Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Public Liaison. Matsui first took office after winning a special election to fill her husband’s seat - Robert Matsui, who entered Congress in 1979, died in 2005. This 40 minute interview begins with Doris Matsui recounting why she ran for office and, later, she discusses how her birth in an internment camp has influenced her politics.
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