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High school students from Benicia and Vallejo gathered with their parents Monday night in downtown Vallejo to look at student artwork entered into a congressional art competition.
Photographs, ink drawings and watercolor art pieces hung on a makeshift wall at The Hub and proud parents took photos of their kids next to their work. Each art piece was vying for one finalist spot from Solano County, in hopes they will go on to win as best artwork for the 5th Congressional District.
The Napa Chamber of Commerce and the state Legislature have added their voices to those endorsing establishment of a Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.
This proposed national monument would take in 350,000 acres of federal lands in Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Solano, Glenn, Colusa and Yolo counties. Various federal agencies would have to coordinate management for the lands they oversee.
Assemblyman Bill Dodd's resolution urging President Barack Obama to create the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument passed the Senate on Monday and is on its way to the president's desk.
The establishment of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region as a national monument would help safeguard the area, enhance visitation, and provide an economic boost to the surrounding communities.
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that the Napa Chamber of Commerce officially endorsed the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument proposal. Under National Monument designation, the region would be permanently protected. This would ensure continued recreational opportunities and provide the region with an economic boost, while also safeguarding the region's beauty, wildlife, rare plants, and waters – which include important sources of drinking water and irrigation for nearby communities.
Dear Friends,
The Month of March ended on a high note as the House put partisanship aside and passed bipartisan legislation to permanently fix the way doctors are reimbursed for the Medicare services they provide our seniors. While the deal isn't perfect, a permanent fix is far better than continuing to govern from cliff to cliff as we have done with this issue 17 times over 14 years. I am 100 percent committed to ensuring the long-term viability of Medicare and this bill will help make sure Medicare patients continue have access to high-quality, affordable health care.
Bravo to Rep. Mike Thompson and the hardworking leadership of our city and county to win another $1.8 million for the 'capstone' landscaping of the Oxbow Bypass (Thompson secures $1.8 million for bypass landscaping," March 24) I also want to thank Nordic Industries, the bypass contractor for their hard work to complete the Bypass as soon as possible.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today led 125 of their colleagues in calling on appropriators to provide funds to strengthen the National Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The letter, signed by 119 Democrats and 8 Republicans, urged the House Appropriations Committee to, at minimum, maintain Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 funding levels in House version of the FY 2016 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS)Appropriations bill.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today voted against H.Con.Res. 27, the House Republicans' Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget resolution. The budget resolution passed by a vote of 228-199. No Democrats voted for the resolution and 17 Republicans voted against the resolution. The budget, if passed by the Senate would be vetoed by President Obama.
The leader of the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley on Wednesday vowed to appeal a court ruling denying their attempt to regain federal recognition — what opponents see as an initial step for building another Las Vegas-style casino in the North Bay.
Tribal Chairman Scott Gabaldon described the court ruling as a "minor setback" for the Wappos in their quest to be restored more than a half-century after the tribe's Alexander Valley Rancheria was dissolved by the federal government and distributed to two families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today secured the final $1.8 million needed to complete the Napa Flood Project. The $1.8 million will be used for landscaping, turf reinforcement, irrigation and erosion control.