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A proposed bill in Congress aims to cut the number of Americans burned in so-called "flame jetting" incidents, when a container holding flammable fuel can become something akin to a flamethrower. The injuries can be devastating.
The Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation (READI) Act was introduced by U.S. Reps. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) and Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and has been supported by dozens of medical organizations and drug companies as an urgently needed effort to address the global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Bill Swindell | The Press Democrat
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, introduced a bill Wednesday that would exempt measures for residential seismic retrofits from federal tax.
Rachel Raskin-Zrihen | Vallejo Times-Herald
In an attempt to make ObamaCare more accessible to those living in more expensive parts of the county, Rep. Mike Thompson and another Bay Area Congress member on Friday, reintroduced the Fair Access to Health Care Act.
In response to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office release of its official score of the Republicans' ObamaCare repeal, Rep. Mike Thompson demands they abandon the attempt, his office announced.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) introduced an amendment at the Committee on Ways and Means to allow states to keep their existing healthcare system rather than repeal it. It would provide states the option to retain their existing marketplaces, benefit protections, and cost sharing and premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Republicans rejected the proposal.
Martin Espinoza | The Press Democrat
Sonoma County health care officials Tuesday warned the newly introduced Obamacare replacement bill could upend the local health care system, leading to the loss of health coverage or dramatic benefits cuts to nearly 150,000 residents, and cost thousands of jobs and $200 million in economic losses.
Guy Kovner, The Press Democrat
Most of Rep. Mike Thompson's lawmaking colleagues were at the Capitol on Tuesday night, listening to President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa) wants the nation's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stop wearing the word "police" on their jackets and vests when they are undertaking enforment operations.
He has been joined by 41 other lawmakers in calling for the change. Thompson represents parts of Martinez in the House.
"This is a matter of public safety," Thompson said. "Suggesting ICE officers are members of local law enforcement undermines the relationships immigrant communities have established with police departments."