Bob Matsui

Robert Takeo Matsui (松井 武男, September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California. 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. He was a chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, ranking member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, and third-ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee when he died in office suddenly after being diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare stem cell disorder. During his term he was noted for his staunch opposition to privatization of Social Security and his role in the passage of the Japanese-American Redress Act.

External links

• Campaign finance data from the 2004 election
• Entry in the Congressional Biographical Dictionary