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By Jennifer Huffman
In the 18 months since the August 2014 Napa earthquake, the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved 982 loans totaling $37.2 million to Napa County businesses and residents.
The data was presented at a roundtable discussion at Napa Valley College on Thursday morning to discuss the participants’ experience with the SBA after the earthquake.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today hosted Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet for a roundtable discussion on SBA disaster loans and a tour of Lixit Animal Care Products in Napa.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today introduced the bipartisan Resource Protection Act (H.R. 4558), legislation to provide the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) the authority to collect civil damages from responsible parties for intentional injuries to all living and non-living resources within refuge lands and waters.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) introduced the Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act (H.R. 4521), legislation to transfer recreation management at Lake Berryessa from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D — St. Helena) released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address to Congress:
“President Obama offered an optimistic and long-term view for the heights our country can reach by working together.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address to Congress:
“Tonight, President Obama offered an optimistic and long-term view for the heights our country can reach by working together.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, was at the White House Tuesday as President Obama announced executive actions to reduce and prevent gun violence.
President Barack Obama came to tears as he announced a series of executive actions Tuesday to reduce gun violence in America. The emotion was understandable. At the time, he was making reference to the 20 children shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012. The father of one of those victims was in the audience.
“First graders,” he said, pausing to compose himself. “Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad.”
But there are other reasons to be somber about the actions taken by the president on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, was at the White House today as President Obama announced executive actions to reduce and prevent gun violence.
President Barack Obama has spoken emotionally about the need for the US to enact measures to limit firearm purchases in a country known for its so-called "gun culture".
His executive actions - without Congressional approval - focus primarily on beefing up background checks and funding mental health programmes, in the hope of keeping guns out of the wrong hands.
Democratic Congressman Mike Thompson, who chairs a House taskforce on gun violence, says that Congress needs to build on what the president has done so far.