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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced a $4,345,012 Department of Health and Human Services grant for Santa Rosa Community Health Centers (SRCHC). The funds made available by this grant will be used to support continued operations at SRCHC for the next year, through May 31, 2017. SRCHC reports that in 2013, the center saw over 41,000 people, over the course of more than 173,000 medical visits.
By the Press Democrat Editorial Board
Pull any three political leaders or pundits together, and you’re likely to get five different opinions on the state of Social Security. But there’s only thing on which most agree — a fix is critical.
With 10,000 baby boomers retiring each day, the math doesn’t work on the continued solvency of the program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 11, 2016) – The Small Business Council of America (SBCA), a national nonprofit organization which represents the interests of more than 20,000 privately-held and family-owned organizations on Federal tax, employee benefit and health care matters, presented its 33rd Annual Congressional awards on May 4, 2016.
Washington, D.C. – House Democrats from California, Oregon, and Washington issued the following joint statement in response to Rep. John Garamendi (CA-03) introducing companion legislation to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s drought bill that was heard in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources, Water and Power Subcommittee today. The House members included in this joint statement are: Reps.
By Maggie Ybarra
WASHINGTON
California lawmakers, distressed by the number of veterans experiencing difficulties accessing benefits, want to use their congressional allowance to pay to train members of their staffs to access veterans’ records.
By Times-Herald Staff
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) this week announced Benicia High School’s Stella Li as the winner of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition for the 5th Congressional District.
Li’s work, titled “Memories of my Grandmother,” will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year starting in June, Thompson said. Li and a guest will be flown to Washington, D.C., in June to attend a ceremony at the Capitol honoring the students selected as winners from congressional districts across the United States.
By Kenneth R. Harney
They are a giant presence in American real estate, but they get short shrift in the federal tax code: the estimated 340,000 communities across the country that are governed by homeowner associations and are often subject to a form of double taxation.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced Stella Li from Benicia High School in Solano County as the winner of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition for the 5th Congressional District. Li’s work, titled “Memories of my Grandmother”, will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year beginning in June. Li and a guest will be flown to Washington, D.C. in June to attend a ceremony at the Capitol honoring the students who were selected as winners from congressional districts across our country.
By Jennifer Huffman
It’s back to square one for Napa’s historic downtown post office.
An offer to buy the earthquake-damaged building has fallen through and bids are once again being accepted. Even faced with the costly task of redeveloping a historic building, the city and those familiar with the project remain optimistic a new buyer can be found.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), vice-chair of the Task Force, and Peter King (R-NY) today led more than 110 of their bipartisan colleagues in calling on Speaker Paul Ryan and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to reject legislative language, or “riders”, that would block efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 appropriations bills.