Under bright sunshine Saturday, Napa Mayor Jill Techel celebrated the start of the construction of the flood bypass near the Oxbow, a key piece of Napa’s flood protection project. The bypass channel will carry floodwaters from the Napa River near the Oxbow to the stretch of the river near Napa Creek at the First Street Bridge.
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Apr 4, 2014
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WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that 60 bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on as co-authors of H.R. 4166, Thompson’s legislation that would transfer the management of Lake Berryessa from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Apr 4, 2014
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), Vice-Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, led the call against legislative language known as “riders,” in appropriations bills that would block efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence.
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Apr 2, 2014
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced the beginning of the 2014 Congressional Art Competition, and urged high school students in California’s 5th Congressional District to enter their artwork. The annual competition showcases the artistic talents and abilities of students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories.
Apr 2, 2014
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WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that Stephen Gale has been hired to serve as District Representative in Thompson’s Santa Rosa Office, and Edith Gonzalez has been hired to serve as Constituent Services Representative in Thompson’s Napa Office.
Apr 1, 2014
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WASHINGTON D.C. – An effort to fix the out-dated formula used to determine Medicare reimbursement payments that U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) helped lead through the House passed the Senate today as part of H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, and will now go to the President’s desk to be signed into law. H.R.
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Apr 1, 2014
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President Barack Obama signed a bill Tuesday fixing an outdated Medicare payment formula that made it difficult to recruit doctors to Sonoma County and caused many local physicians to shut their doors to new Medicare patients.
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Apr 1, 2014
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The last time we checked, generating jobs remained high on the nation's priority list. So is weaning ourselves from traditional greenhouse-gas-producing energy systems.
The latest dire report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows, if anything, greater urgency is needed.
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Mar 29, 2014
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Until earlier this month, Congress hadn’t acted to protect a single new acre of public land as a national park, national conservation area or wilderness area since 2009.
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Mar 29, 2014
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Gov. Jerry Brown and Rep. Mike Thompson are involved in separate efforts to boost Sonoma County's groundbreaking program to help residents pay for energy-saving improvements to their homes.
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