Floor Statements
Thompson on Thursday announced his introduction of the bipartisan bill to add the quagga mussel to the listing.
Since their invasion in the 1980s in the Great Lakes, quagga mussels and their close relative zebra mussels have been responsible for more than $5 billion in prevention and control costs â€" more than any other aquatic species, according to Thompson's bill.
Other states would be urged to emulate California's system for seizing firearms from people who are no longer legally allowed to own them, under a bill unveiled Wednesday by two Bay Area House members.
But California's program is predicated on registration of certain firearms -- something most states don't do and are loath to consider.
We know from vast experience that such discussions are antithetical to reasoned public policy.
It could be fairly argued that, over the years, the nation's debate over gun policies qualifies as a poster child for this dynamic.
"We can't relive what happened in Newtown. We Can't relive what happened in Aurora," Thompson said. "It's time to act."
Thompson said the recommendations come after weeks of meetings with a variety of interest groups including mental health experts, educators, representatives from the entertainment industry, Democrats, Republicans and pro-gun Americans.
The post office at the Veterans Home of California officially received its new name during a ceremony Wednesday morning â€" the Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.
The letter suggests that motorboat access and recreation would be negatively impacted if my bill becomes law. This could not be further from the truth. Nothing in the legislation would impact motorboat use. Any suggestion otherwise is untrue.
Congress has passed a bill by Rep. Mike Thompson, which aims to improve treatment for veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Thompson's office announced.
The measure heads now to the Senate.
Thompson, D-Napa, co-chairs the bipartisan Military Veterans Caucus. He secured the passage of his bipartisan amendment with Texas Republican Rep. Pete Sessions, he said in a statement. The treatment expansion initiative was adopted as a House amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, he said.
Congressman Mike Thompson announced the passage by the House of Representatives Friday of a budget amendment that would fund innovative treatments for veterans and active duty soldiers suffering traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The amendment creates a new five-year $10 million pilot program that allows military patients to receive treatment from health care facilities outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs that are utilizing an array of leading-edge, successful therapies.
Calling the most recent Bay Delta Conservation Plan delay the “last, best opportunity to stand up to … unreasonable demands,” Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-1), Jerry McNerney (CA-11), George Miller (CA-7), Doris Matsui (CA-5) and John Garamendi (CA-10) called for specific steps to be taken for the plan to move forward in a fair and transparent manner.
The five members from the California congressional delegation have been vocal in calling for changes to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and have demanded that any plan has significant input from the Bay-Delta region.