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Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, and three of his House colleagues from Northern California asked the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Tuesday to tighten regulations on crude oil transportation by rail. The four urged the DOT to make crude shipments safer before those shipments dramatically expand in the state, as predicted.
By Tony Burchins
On a visit to the humongous Mare Island factory that helped rebuild the Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson on Thursday was honored for his work to help Vallejo's former military base.
By Donna Beth Weilenman
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, has joined three other California members of Congress in asking Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx to make crude shipments by rail safer.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Mike Thompson (CA-05), Doris Matsui (CA-06), George Miller (CA-11) and John Garamendi (CA-03) sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx expressing strong concern over the increased shipments of crude oil by rail in their districts, and calling for action to increase safety.
It’s been a long road, but the anticipated opening of Sonoma Valley Community Health Center’s new facility is now just three weeks away.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that for-profit corporations are allowed to exclude birth control coverage in their employees’ insurance plans based on the owners’ religious beliefs.
Deadly mass shootings occur with such alarming regularity that the public can be forgiven for believing there's no way to prevent them.
But lawmakers and experts concerned with the connections between mental illness and violence insist that solutions exist.
A decade and a half after a husband and wife donated 642 acres of rangeland to American Canyon, the Newell Open Space Preserve at last lived up to its name, officially opening to the public Saturday.
In the wake of recent shootings in Portland, Ore., Las Vegas, Nev. and Santa Barbara, Congress members Carol Shea-Porter (D-New Hampshire), a member of the House's Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and Mike Thompson (D-St.
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