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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the State of California's request for a Fire Management Assistance Grant declaration for the Valley Fire burning in Lake, Napa and Sonoma Counties. The Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAGP) allows for the "mitigation, management, and control" of fires burning on publicly or privately owned forest or grasslands which threaten such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.
Please stay up-to-date on developments with the Valley Fire. You can find updates on the fire, including road closures, evacuations and evacuation centers here.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today voted in support of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Thompson spoke in support of the deal today on the House floor. Text of his remarks and video are below.
Leave it to Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, to stay optimistic and productive, even as Congress wallows in gridlock and polarization.
Thompson is riding high after President Barack Obama created the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, opening up new recreational opportunities on public land that had been poorly managed by several federal agencies.
Rep. Mike Thompson announced that seemingly long-gone earthquake disaster loans are still available to local residents faced with rebuilding a sound wall rocked by the South Napa earthquake.
The deadline to apply for the low-interest U.S. Small Business Administration loans passed in December. But Thompson said the residents along Highway 29 between Sierra and Trower avenues need only note on applications that they thought the city or state would rebuild the wall.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that SBA disaster loans are still available for homeowners impacted by the sound wall on Highway 29 that was damaged in the August, 2014 Napa earthquake. Even though the deadline to apply for disaster loans has passed, homeowners will simply be asked to enter an explanation of why the application is being submitted after the deadline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $176,340 in Affordable Care Act funding for Santa Rosa Community Health Centers (SRCHC) in recognition of their achievements in providing high quality, comprehensive care. The funds, provided though the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), will be used to expand current quality improvement systems and infrastructure, and improve primary care service delivery in the communities served by the health center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced a $2,438,681 Economic Development Administration (EDA) investment which will support roadway and infrastructure improvements to the Green Island Industrial District (GRID) in American Canyon. The funds will be used to help reconstruct Green Island Road, a goods movement corridor for the GRID. In August, 2014 Thompson urged Northern California's EDA representative to support the City of American Canyon's application for federal funding.
"Social Security is strong and will provide retirement security for Americans for another 80 years."
This was U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's message during a town hall forum at Vallejo's Florence Douglas Senior Center on Tuesday, marking the program's 80th anniversary.
The St. Helena Democrat planned a similar event in Santa Rosa later in the day, an aide said.
The city of American Canyon will receive more than $2 million from the U.S. government to help it rebuild Green Island Road, federal officials announced Tuesday.
The $2.4 million grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) will go toward the repaving and widening of the heavily-used corridor through the city's industrial region.
Green Island Road has been falling apart for years due to a high volume of traffic, including the frequency of big rigs traveling in and out of warehouses and manufacturing businesses.