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	Bob Matsui - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served 13 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California's fifth congressional district.
		A third-generation Japanese American, Matsui was born in Sacramento, California and was six months old when he and his family were taken from Sacramento and interned by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake camp in 1942.
		Matsui graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and Hastings College of Law.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /bob_matsui.htm (486 words)

	ABC News: Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui Dies at 63 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Matsui was re-elected with ease to his 14th term in November.
		An attorney, Matsui became a Sacramento City Council member in 1971 and was elected to represent the capital area's solidly Democratic fifth congressional district in 1978.
		Matsui is survived by his wife and a son, Brian.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=378783 (654 words)

	About Doris Matsui \| Doris Matsui for Sacramento (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Matsui to serve as a board member on his eight-person Presidential Transition Team, where she helped develop both early policy initiatives as well as assist in the formation of the President's cabinet.
		Matsui was among the first officials appointed to work in the White House, where she served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison.
		Matsui is a member of the Meridian International Center Board of Trustees, an organization that works in conjunction with the United States Department of State to conduct professional international exchange programs between the United States and 140 nations.
	www.matsuiforcongress.com /about (361 words)

	Got \| Apex? Forums - RIP Representative Bob Matsui
		"Bob Matsui was a dedicated public servant and a good and decent man who served with distinction and integrity in the U.S. House of Representatives for more than 25 years," President Bush said in a statement released by the White House.
		Matsui, who as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had just spent a grueling election year trying to get Democrats elected to Congress, had given no signs that his health was in peril.
		Matsui, however, had confided in some that he was disappointed in the partisan and sometimes brutal politicking that had taken over the Congress and much of Washington's daily life, and had earnestly hoped to achieve some Democratic gains in the last election.
	www.gotapex.com /forums/printthread.php?t=82881 (1630 words)

	Bob Matsui (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Robert Takeo Matsui (born September 17 1941) American politician has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1979 representing the 5th District of California.
		A third-generation Japanese American Matsui was born in Sacramento California and was six months old when and his family were taken from Sacramento interned by the U.S. government at the Lake camp in 1942.
		In 1988 Matsui helped shepherd the Japanese-American Redress through Congress in which the government formally for the World War II internment program and offered token compensation victims.
	www.freeglossary.com /Robert_T._Matsui (668 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bob Matsui (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Robert Takeo Matsui (æ¾äº• æ¦ç”·, September 17, 1941 â“ January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California.
		University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate.
		Doris Matsui Doris Okada Matsui (born September 25, 1944) is an American politician of the Democratic party who represents the Fifth Congressional District of California (Sacramento County, map) in the United States House of Representatives.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bob-Matsui (1805 words)

	GovTrack: House Record: EXPRESSING SORROW OF THE HOUSE AT THE DEATH OF... (109-h20050104-39) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		BOB MATSUI is an individual who offered so much to this institution, but he offered so much to me personally, just as I know he did to others of my colleagues who are going to be speaking tonight and many of those who are not going to be able to be here this evening.
		BOB was a fearless advocate for his constituency, and it always impressed me as we went through this process of advocating our points of view and coming to the realization that we would be best served by trying to find some common ground and putting that into law.
		Bob Matsui was a mentor, a statesman and a role model.
	www.govtrack.us /congress/record.xpd?id=109-h20050104-39 (9298 words)

	ABC News: Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui Dies at Age 63 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In a statement announcing Matsui's death, his office disclosed that the congressman was diagnosed several months ago with Milo Dysplastic Disorder, a rare stem cell disorder that reduces the body's ability to produce red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
		Matsui was recently re-elected with ease to his 14th term in Congress.
		As senior Democrat on the subcommittee on Social Security, Matsui gave every impression during the final few weeks of his life of being eager to lead the opposition to President Bush's plans to establish personal retirement accounts as part of a general overhaul of the program.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=378078 (468 words)

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		Bob Matsui var af sine demokratiske kolleger valgt som formand for DCCC, de demokratiske kongresmedlemmers organisation der har ansvaret for at lægge strategi, rekruttere kandidater og distribuere penge til kandidater til Repræsentanternes Hus.
		Bob Matsui var udset til en nøglerolle i kampen mod Bush-adminsitrationen i den 109.
		Matsuis tidlige afgang betyder at der skal være ekstraordinært valg senere på året i det stensikre demokratiske californiske femte kongresdistrilkt, der dækker delstatshovedstaden Sacramento, her er kampen om at afløse Matsui allerede igang.
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	Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bob was only six months old when he and his family were interned at the Tule Lake camp just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Bob understood the injustice of internment and sympathized with the other loyal Americans who suffered at the hands of the government in which they never lost faith.
		Bob’s leadership as the third ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Ranking Member on the Social Security Subcommittee earned him the reputation as an expert on tax and trade policy, Social Security, and welfare programs.
	www.honda.house.gov /LatestNews.asp?ARTICLE3753=5209 (554 words)

	Bob Matsui -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Matsui graduated from the (Click link for more info and facts about University of California, Berkeley) University of California, Berkeley and (Click link for more info and facts about Hastings College of Law) Hastings College of Law.
		Until December 1998, Doris Matsui worked as Deputy Assistant to the (The chief executive of a republic) President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison for President (42nd President of the United States (1946-)) Bill Clinton.
		Matsui entered (Click link for more info and facts about Bethesda Naval Hospital) Bethesda Naval Hospital on December 24, 2004 with (Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants) pneumonia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Bo/Bob_Matsui.htm (454 words)

	The Matsui Generation (washingtonpost.com)
		When Bob Matsui was elected to Congress in 1978, neither he nor the rest of us could imagine how much politics would change during his time in Washington.
		Matsui's sudden passing, the result of a rare stem cell disorder, leaves his party without one of its most informed foes of privatization.
		Matsui was a good person to talk politics with, because he believed what he had to say but was also open to other people's ideas.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A45937-2005Jan3.html (787 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Capitol Hill pauses to remember, extoll Matsui
		WASHINGTON – Rep. Bob Matsui was honored with pomp and circumstance for a distinguished career as a public servant, but the tears and emotion that flowed for the late congressman were for a kind man who seemed to genuinely touch his colleagues' hearts.
		Matsui, a Democrat who represented Sacramento in Congress for 26 years, died Saturday at 63 from pneumonia brought on by myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare form of bone marrow disease.
		Several speakers recalled how Matsui was taken to an internment camp in California with his parents and other Japanese-Americans as World War II began, and spent the first several years of his life there.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20050106-0003-ca-matsuimemorial.html (625 words)

	ROBERT MATSUI: 1941-2005 / Congress loses key legislator / Internment camp experience shaped political sensibilities
		Matsui, who headed his party's unsuccessful campaign to retake the House in the November election and who was expected to play a key role in debates on changing Social Security in the new Congress that opens Tuesday, died Saturday night at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., a Washington suburb.
		Matsui, a slight, soft-spoken and affable native of Sacramento born just 2 1/2 months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, had entered the Bethesda hospital on Dec. 24 with pneumonia.
		Matsui was also known for his pro-trade stand, including his work to win passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and for his concern with protecting the downtrodden.
	www.tinyurl.com /5hdfv (1082 words)

	GovTrack: Senate Record: TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN BOB T. MATSUI (109-s20050106-22) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Throughout his long and distinguished career Bob Matsui proved to be a dedicated public servant and his constituents considered themselves lucky to have his representation.
		Because Bob Matsui's family was Japanese-American, however, he and his parents were taken from their home in Sacramento in 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Bob Matsui himself was very young at the time--barely 6 months old at the time of internment, not yet 4 years old when the war ended but he felt deeply the confusion and anguish of the adults around him.
	www.govtrack.us /congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20050106-22 (1406 words)

	Semiconductor Industry Association
		“Representative Matsui, a past winner of the SIA Congressional Leadership Award, was a central figure on many of the important trade, tax, and research policies that enabled the United States to maintain its leadership in high technology,” Scalise said.
		“Bob Matsui understood the importance of opening markets abroad and increasing research at home, and he was a tireless champion of both causes.
		“Bob Matsui was not only an unwavering advocate for policies that supported US competitiveness -- he was also a friend.
	www.sia-online.org /pre_release.cfm?ID=347 (216 words)

	Congressman Bob Matsui Passes Away at 63 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Congressman Bob Matsui died Saturday at Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington D.C. He checked into the hospital Christmas Eve with pneumonia, a complication that developed as a result of a prior illness.
		Matsui, one of the most senior members of Congress, was about to begin his 14th term in office.
		During a congressional career that spanned 26 years, Matsui spearheaded a two-decade fight for flood control in the Sacramento area, secured federal funds for infrastructure upgrades in the city of Sacramento, helped win redress for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II, and was instrumental in the reform of federal welfare policies.
	www.news10.net /storyfull1.asp?id=8905 (354 words)

	The Legacy of Bob Matsui by Paul Igasaki
		Bob had a rare talent for that and although I did fundraising for his campaign, Bob came to that difficult task easily.
		Bob was a great friend to American business, most especially the agriculture native to his home in the Sacramento Valley and to technology, the engine that will continue to drive our nation’s economic future.
		Bob brought a serious and thoughtful approach to government and to those of all political affiliations he added respect to a career in public service.
	www.imdiversity.com /villages/asian/politics_law/igasaki_matsui_105.asp (1506 words)

	The McLaughlin Group Library : Transcript
		REP. MATSUI: These were voters that many times did not vote in elections, and we were able to knock on their doors, make phone calls to them and bring them out to vote.
		REP. MATSUI: I think candidates will have to decide these things kind of based upon their own feelings, but I frankly think, as I said before, this should be a state issue until such time that the U.S. Supreme Court decides.
		REP. MATSUI: Basically, the Georgia and the Pennsylvania case, particularly the Pennsylvania case, is that the proponents of the lawsuit want the court to basically say that any overtly political gerrymandering would be declared unconstitutional and would have to be done over.
	www.mclaughlin.com /library/moo_transcript.asp?id=38 (4487 words)

	Matsui on Medicare: 'I told you'=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bob Matsui (D-Calif.) today sent an “I told you so” memo to his colleagues on the new prescription-drug-benefit law, reveling in what he regards as Republican buyers’ remorse on their marquee domestic initiative.
		The Matsui memo, obtained by The Hill, is intended to prep the Democratic caucus for the GOP public-relations blitz on the prescription-drug card — a feature of the bill Republicans insist will be popular.
		Matsui argued that the drug card will be no more popular than the rest of the bill, pointing to his earlier prediction in a November memo.
	www.hillnews.com /news/050504/matsui.aspx (688 words)

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		Bob Matsui died last night from a rare stem cell disorder that reduces the body's ability to produce blood cells and platelets.
		Matsui also was the third-ranking Democrat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, where he was his party's point man on Social Security legislation.
		Matsui was recently re-elected to his 14th term in Congress.
	www.kcentv.com /world/arch-show.php?id=2497 (123 words)

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		BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Democratic Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.
		Matsui juggled political and policy roles during more than a quarter-century in Congress.
		Matsui won his seat in Congress in 1978.
	www.1510.com /storyReader.asp?article=6351 (392 words)

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