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Doris Matsui

Summary

Doris Matsui is a U.S. Representative from California who co-chairs the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus and is Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee.

Verified Facts

  • Official House biography states that Matsui has represented Sacramento and surrounding areas since 2005, is a senior member of Energy and Commerce, and serves as Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee.1
  • The same biography states that she served on President Clinton's transition board and later as Deputy Assistant to the President in the White House Office of Public Liaison, and that she succeeded her late husband Robert Matsui in a March 2005 special election.1
  • The Congressional AI Caucus site lists Doris O. Matsui (CA-07) as a co-chair.2

Key Legislation and Oversight

Historical Context

Matsui's Communications and Technology ranking seat is the House committee lane most likely to mark up broadband, platform, and AI-infrastructure bills. Caucus co-chair status puts her in the standing bipartisan briefing forum with Beyer, Obernolte, and McCaul.

Relevance to Open Source and Software Companies

Energy and Commerce jurisdiction covers FTC, communications infrastructure, and much of the consumer-facing AI file. Ranking-member staff on Communications and Technology are a practical intake path for open-internet and compute-siting issues, including data-center and interconnection fights that overlap the Sanders/AOC moratorium debate.

Relationships

  • PERSON-DORIS-MATSUI cites SRC-MATSUI-BIO.
  • PERSON-DORIS-MATSUI affiliated_with ORG-CONGRESSIONAL-AI-CAUCUS.

Sources

  1. SRC-MATSUI-BIO: Biography | Congresswoman Doris Matsui.
  2. SRC-HOUSE-AI-CAUCUS: Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus.

Research Debt

  • Add Matsui AI-specific press releases from primary House pages.
  • Corroborate biography claims with House History, Art & Archives.
  • Confirm 119th Congress ranking-member title against Clerk listings.

Document metadata

  • Last verified: 2026-09-17

  1. SRC-MATSUI-BIO — Biography | Congresswoman Doris Matsui. Official House biography; self-reported. ↩↩

  2. SRC-HOUSE-AI-CAUCUS — Official House caucus website. ↩