Listening to you, standing up for Utah

I am honored to represent you in Congress. We share the values of family, hard work and duty to community. The title of representative is one that I take literally. Many of the good ideas I have pursued as Utah's independent voice in Washington have come from you.

With your help, I will continue to fight to cut spending and lower deficits, promote energy independence, support Utah businesses and their employees in remaining competitive in the global marketplace, and protect Utah’s excellent quality of life.

I am committed to working for what’s right for our state. I will always put Utah first.

Join the Matheson campaign team by checking this site often and by continuing to let me know what matters most to you and your family. I look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail.

Latest News

Matheson will run in the 4th Congressional District

Salt Lake Tribune

Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson said Thursday he will run for Congress in the newly created 4th Congressional District — an area outside of where he lives, but one that is seen as more favorable to Democrats and contains large parts of his current district.

“The political boundaries of the district may be arbitrary, but the people, the communities and their priorities are real and well-known to me,” Matheson said in a statement Thursday.

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Matheson questions radioactive waste dumping decision

Salt Lake City, UT—Congressman Jim Matheson has written to the Utah agency charged with protecting Utahns from radiation hazards to voice concerns over a recent agency decision to allow “blended” radioactive waste disposal at the low-level nuclear waste storage site in Clive, Utah.

Matheson’s letter to Utah Division of Radiation Control Director Rusty Lundberg expresses “surprise and concern” that up to 40,000 cubic feet of blended waste will be allowed in to Utah.

“I don’t understand why the Division would be putting the ‘cart before the horse’ in allowing the waste into the state before a site performance assessment has been completed,” Matheson’s letter states. “The practice of large-scale waste blending appears to be a back-door means to dispose of ‘hotter’ levels of radioactive waste in a state that has specifically decided not to take these hotter waste streams.”

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