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By Jennifer Huffman
In the 18 months since the August 2014 Napa earthquake, the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved 982 loans totaling $37.2 million to Napa County businesses and residents.
By Record-Bee Staff
NAPA >> U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) hosted Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet for a roundtable discussion on SBA disaster loans on Thursday in Napa.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D — St. Helena) released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address to Congress:
“President Obama offered an optimistic and long-term view for the heights our country can reach by working together.
President Barack Obama came to tears as he announced a series of executive actions Tuesday to reduce gun violence in America. The emotion was understandable. At the time, he was making reference to the 20 children shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012. The father of one of those victims was in the audience.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, was at the White House Tuesday as President Obama announced executive actions to reduce and prevent gun violence.
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-5), chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, lauded President Barack Obama’s executive actions to help prevent gun violence by expanding criminal background checks.
President Barack Obama has spoken emotionally about the need for the US to enact measures to limit firearm purchases in a country known for its so-called "gun culture".
President Obama will announce executive actions on Tuesday intended to expand background checks for some firearm purchases and step up federal enforcement of the nation’s gun laws, White House officials said Monday, once again trying to side
Despite an epidemic of mass shootings, House and Senate Republicans have kept in place a 17-year-old ban on using any government funds for research into lessening gun violence.
A gun club owner and a gun dealer were among those telling a congressman Monday that closing loopholes in federal background checks and increasing mental health help would reduce gun violence.
California U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, chairman of House Democrats’ Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, held the hearing less than two weeks after 14 people were fatally shot in San Bernardino.