Press Releases
September 10, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced two federal Department of Transportation (DOT) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants totaling $3,345,306 for Del Norte County Regional Airport, Jack McNamara Field in Crescent City.
“Jack McNamara Field Airport is an economic hub for Crescent City and the North Coast,” said Thompson. “These grants will help create jobs, improve our local economy and make the airport safer for passengers and planes.”
“Jack McNamara Field Airport is an economic hub for Crescent City and the North Coast,” said Thompson. “These grants will help create jobs, improve our local economy and make the airport safer for passengers and planes.”
September 5, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced $750,000 in new Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grants to coalitions in California's First Congressional District.
September 5, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced an agreement between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the City of Ferndale to keep the Mendocino Lighthouse Lens in Ferndale. Later this month, the USCG is going to begin the process of dismantling and storing the lens. The city will then build an artifact exhibit at the Ferndale Museum. The city will also raise funds to reassemble, stabilize and partially restore the Fresnel lens. Once the funds are obtained and the exhibit is built, the city will obtain a 25-year loan, renewable upon mutual consent.
August 29, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), joined by veterans, local leaders and United States Postal Service (USPS) officials today officially renamed the Yountville Veterans Home Post Office the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.”
“Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz was an American hero, a courageous man and a resident of the Yountville Veterans Home,” said Thompson. “And so, today it is my honor to officially, and forever name our veterans home's postal facility the ‘Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.'”
“Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz was an American hero, a courageous man and a resident of the Yountville Veterans Home,” said Thompson. “And so, today it is my honor to officially, and forever name our veterans home's postal facility the ‘Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.'”
Issues:Veterans
August 28, 2012
Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-1) today led a bipartisan group of 22 U.S. Representatives in calling on House Leadership to require that every American flag purchased by the Federal Government be manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100 percent grown, produced or manufactured in the United States. Currently the Federal Government is not required to buy American made flags.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
REP. MIKE THOMPSON, WAYS & MEANS DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE AMERICAN ADVANCED ENERGY MANUFACTURING JOBS ACT
July 27, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means today, with other Ways and Means Democrats announced the introduction of H.R. 6182, the American Advanced Energy Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2012. The legislation provides a 30 percent investment tax credit to businesses that purchase equipment that is used to manufacture components of clean energy projects such as solar panels and wind turbines in the U.S.
July 25, 2012
Today, several U.S. Representatives from northern California responded to the unveiling of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). The representatives have been vocal in their opposition to any BDCP agreement that is not based on sound science and will likely cause economic and environmental harm to the Bay-Delta and northern California.
July 19, 2012
Today, U.S. Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) introduced H.R. 6154, The Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act, bi-partisan legislation that streamlines permitting for renewable energy projects on public lands.
REP. MIKE THOMPSON SECURES BIPARTISAN COMMITMENT TO REQUIRE DOD TO ONLY BUY AMERICAN MADE U.S. FLAGS
July 19, 2012
Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-1) today secured a bipartisan agreement to require that every American flag purchased by the DOD to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100 percent of grown, produced or manufactured in the United States. Currently the DOD is not required to buy American made flags.
Issues:Veterans
July 18, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), co-chair of the bipartisan Military Veterans Caucus, today again secured the passage of his bipartisan amendment with Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-32) to expedite new and innovative treatments to our nations' veterans and active duty soldiers suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This is the second time the House has passed the amendment. In May, the TBI treatment expansion initiative was adopted as a House amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R.
Issues:Veterans