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Sep 17, 2012 Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced a Department of Transportation (DOT) grant of $67,940 for the Lampson Field Airport. This project will replace the airport's rotating beacon which has reached the end of its useful life. It will also install a perimeter and develop design alternatives for gate placement and fence line routing.
Sep 13, 2012 Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced a federal Food and Drug Administration grant of $70,000 for Lake County Environmental Health. The grant will be used for the evaluation of risk factors and the prevention of foodborne illnesses.
Sep 13, 2012 Press Release
Center will Help Ranchers and Farmers Develop Their Business, Provide Innovative Technologies
Today, Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-01) and Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) announced that the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) was one of six awardees nationally, and the only one in California, to receive a $1 million federal award through the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) 2012 i6 Challenge Grant.  This grant will be used to create an AgTech Innovation Center that wil
Sep 12, 2012 Press Release
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff General J. Lloyd Austin, III and Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-1) and Gus Bilirakis, co-chairs of the Congressional Military Veterans Caucus today joined forces at a meeting hosted on Capitol Hill to discuss a collaborative, public-private effort to combat traumatic brain injury (TBI).

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Sep 12, 2012 Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today released the following statement on the attack against the United States Consulate in Libya that killed four Americans:
 
Sep 11, 2012 Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today testified on HR 4969, the California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act of 2012 in front of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests & Public Lands. Thompson was joined by Merita Whatley from Mendocino County in testifying before the committee.
Sep 10, 2012 Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today introduced H.R. 6362, the Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries (REFI) in the Pacific Act of 2012.
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Sep 10, 2012 Press Release
 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.
 
Sep 5, 2012 Press Release
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.
Sep 5, 2012 Press Release
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.  The six coalitions who were awarded funding are Action Network with Across Ages and Cultures Prevention Coalition in Gualala, the Anderson Valley Community Action Coalition in Boonville, the Coalition for Gang Awareness and