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The House Intelligence Committee, led by Republicans, has concluded that there was no deliberate wrongdoing by the Obama administration in the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, said Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena, the second-ranking Democrat on the committee.
The Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport has received a $1 million federal grant for environmental work associated with its runway expansion project, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, announced Monday.
Thanks to the efforts of Congressman Mike Thompson, management of a four-mile stretch of a 22-mile flood control project along I-680 will be transferred from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Contra Costa Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
Congressman Mike Thompson on Wednesday hosted a meeting with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Undersecretary for Benefits Allison Hickey and Julianna Boor, the new director of the VA's Oakland Regional Office.
Wilfred Alexander, a Vallejo resident and Vietnam War veteran, said the Agent Orange herbicide he handled at war led to prostate cancer later in life, but he had to wait months for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to process his treatment claim. Another veteran said he has to drive an hour and a half for a dentist, doctor or hospital appointment.
As lawmakers cobble together a temporary fix for the nation's crumbling infrastructure, the North Coast's two congressional representatives have reiterated their call for a long-term plan to fund federal highway projects.
Sonoma County's congressional representatives are right. Six months of secrecy surrounding the federal raid of a Petaluma slaughterhouse and a nationwide recall of meat processed there in 2013 is more than enough. It's time for federal investigators to come clean with their investigation into Rancho Feeding Corp.
Six months after federal regulators closed a Petaluma slaughterhouse and initiated a nationwide beef recall, two North Bay congressmen are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture for answers about the still-ongoing investigations.