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Thompson, a Democrat who represents the 1st Congressional District, will visit the port on Wednesday along with West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, Port Director Mike Luken, Yolo County Supervisor and Port Chairman Mike McGowan, and other officials.
They will be looking over operations at the facility.
The House voted overwhelmingly today for a bill that would renew offshore oil development in Southern California at a time of consumer frustration over $4-a-gallon gasoline.
The measure, titled "Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act," passed on a 243-179 vote, largely along party lines. It would would triple the nation's offshore oil production to 4.5 million barrels a day by 2027.
Mercado's work, titled “Rebirth” is a combination ink, watercolor and oil pastel. She said she never planned to submit the work. That was the idea of her instructor, Steve Pult-Vega.
“It was originally a class project,” said Mercado.
High gas prices have reignited a familiar debate about drilling off California's coast, with everyone playing their usual part and the outcome pretty much predictable.
Republicans urge energy independence. Democrats warn of coastal devastation. And while the House today will approve an offshore drilling bill that includes part of California, the effort almost certainly will sputter out on the Senate side of Capitol Hill.
Still, political purpose is being served.
Some may know that on April 5, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released a budget plan for the fiscal year of 2012. Chairman Ryan's proposed budget cuts would privatize Medicare, forcing seniors into the private health insurance market to shop for coverage with a government voucher.
The public is invited to join veterans and students who participated in Mendocino County's first Veteran's History Project to a reception at 4 p.m. on Monday, May 16 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Ukiah. Congressman Mike Thompson, who spearheaded the VHP in Mendocino County, will talk about why recording the stories of our war veterans is so important.
The winner of the competition will represent California's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol, where his or her artwork will be displayed for one year.
“These six young men and women are extremely talented artists with bright futures,” said Thompson. “I think it's important to recognize and encourage young artists. The Congressional Art Competition gives our community the opportunity to do that.”
Two Yolo County-area politicians agree with a panel of national scientists who reported this past week that a sweeping plan to restore California's ailing freshwater delta and build a pipeline or canal to carry water to the south is missing critical information.
The National Academy of Sciences found in its review that the draft plan to restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta lacks clear goals and a scientific analysis of the plan's potential impact on the delta's diverse plant and animal species.
Both state Sen. Lois Wolk and Congressman Mike Thompson agree.
A Republican move to expedite offshore oil drilling in response to $4-a-gallon gasoline includes a bill, scheduled for a House vote this week, that could bring oil wells to the Sonoma and Mendocino coast.
"They have the votes to do it," said Richard Charter of Bodega Bay, an anti-drilling advocate with Defenders of Wildlife.
The first of three drilling-related bills sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., House Natural Resources chairman, passed last week, 266-149, with 33 Democrats in support and only two Republicans opposed.
Between March 15 and 27, a series of storms swept across Northern California, causing significant damage in 17 counties statewide, including Del Norte, Humboldt and Mendocino counties on the North Coast.
The letter stated that damages are estimated to be more than $44.5 million statewide.