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September 16, 2013
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Rep. Mike Thompson helped introduce a bipartisan bill today that he and his co-authors say would strengthen congressional oversight and improve accountability from the nation's intelligence community, which has been accused of overstepping its bounds in surveillance of U.S. citizens.

September 9, 2013
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Construction is officially underway in the runway expansion of the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport, a project that will bring the airport's runways up to current federal standards and potentially attract new commercial airlines and add destinations.
Issues:Jobs & Economy

September 7, 2013
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The rugged 100-mile stretch from Lake Berryessa to 7,000-foot Snow Mountain is making its way, slowly but surely, to national status.

That will be good for the gateway communities, for ranchers and farmers who want to protect traditional uses, for those seeking access to prime outdoor recreation, for those seeking better management of public assets.
Issues:Energy & Environment

September 5, 2013
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Shirley Gillham was overcome with emotion Thursday as she read aloud the name of five-year-old murder victim Max Walters to a group gathered at Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa.

Max and his mother, Kathryn, were shot to death in January in Las Vegas by the boy's father, Hans Walters, who then killed himself.
Issues:Gun Violence Prevention

August 30, 2013
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Scientists say the San Francisco Bay Area needs 100,000 acres of wetlands to supply a healthy bay.
Issues:Energy & Environment

August 28, 2013
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Business leaders and builders joined city, county and federal officials Wednesday to celebrate the imminent start of a $53.8 million project to lengthen the runways at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport.

“Is this a great day, huh?” County Supervisor Mike McGuire told a crowd gathered inside a cavernous hangar for the runway project's ceremonial groundbreaking.
Issues:Jobs & Economy

August 16, 2013
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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, had no trouble dispatching clay targets with a shotgun in a shooting range east of Napa Friday afternoon as he engaged a local gun dealer in a friendly skeet shooting competition.

But Thompson acknowledged that getting a bill through Congress to expand background checks for firearm purchases nationwide has been more troublesome.


August 16, 2013
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Just because his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was nearly killed in a mass shooting, doesn't mean Mark Kelly hates guns.

On the contrary.

The retired astronaut and Navy captain owns a small arsenal of pistols and rifles.


August 13, 2013
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Milton Tepeyac, who served eight years as a U.S. Marine, scrapes by on $3 an hour in this northern Mexican city, where he has lived since the U.S. government deported him in April.

His rented room floods when it rains. Scorpions skitter in. To kill them, he had to pay an exterminator $40 â€" a third of his weekly paycheck.

Issues:Veterans

August 8, 2013
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U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Lee Terry (NE-2) introduced H.R. 2969 on Aug. 4, the bipartisan “Medicare Patient Access to Hospice Act,” which expands access to high quality health care by allowing physician assistants to continue caring for Medicare patients after they move from the hospital to hospice care.
Issues:Health Care