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July 24, 2013
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U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Jim Gerlach (R-PA) on Tuesday announced that they will introduce the bipartisan Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2013.

The legislation provides a permanent tax incentive to family farmers, ranchers, and other landowners who chose not develop their land and instead preserve their property for conservation.

Issues:Energy & Environment

July 22, 2013
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Congressmen John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove) and Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) and other representatives from Northern California called on Governor Jerry Brown's administration to withdraw and fully revise their proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Friday.


July 20, 2013
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On Friday, several U.S. Representatives from Northern California called on the Brown Administration to withdraw and fully revise their proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) in light of draft environmental documents being found “biased” and “insufficient” by federal agencies in public comments made available Thursday.


July 15, 2013
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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson recently announced a $126,364 grant award to help Clinic Ole in Napa enroll the uninsured in new health insurance options made available by the Affordable Care Act.

Issues:Health Care

June 26, 2013
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Perhaps appropriately, a rare June rain was falling in Napa on Monday when news came that the long-awaited federal funding for the Oxbow flood bypass channel had finally been secured. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that $16.6 million had been allocated to the project.

With or without a flood, big things are about start happening to downtown Napa.
Issues:Jobs & Economy

June 25, 2013
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Rep. Mike Thompson announced Monday afternoon that the Army Corps of Engineers had allocated $16.6 million to build the vital flood bypass channel in downtown Napa.

The channel, which would double as a city park in dry weather, is a critical component of the Napa River flood control project, approved by county voters in 1998.
Issues:Jobs & Economy

June 19, 2013
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Rep. Mike Thompson's bipartisan provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States was passed by the House of Representatives earlier this week.


June 16, 2013
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bipartisan legislation to improve treatment options for veterans and active duty soldiers with traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress, said its co-sponsors, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Pete Sessions, R-Texas.

May 26, 2013
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California Republicans, who hope to make crime an election-year issue in 2014, ought to first show they're serious about protecting public safety by embracing legislation that would require people to undergo background checks before they buy guns.

May 26, 2013
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California Republicans, who hope to make crime an election-year issue in 2014, ought to first show they're serious about protecting public safety by embracing legislation that would require people to undergo background checks before they buy guns.