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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $4.8 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and local agencies cover repair costs for infrastructure damaged by the August 24th, 2014 earthquake.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, on Friday announced $4.8 million in federal aid for Caltrans to cover costs to repair infrastructure damaged by the Aug. 24 earthquake centered near Napa.
The funds are from the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration, and come after President Barack Obama approved FEMA disaster aid for local governments in September.
Local earthquake-damaged highways and roads will benefit from $4.8 million in federal emergency repair money.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena on Friday announced the money will come from the Federal Highway Administration. The South Napa Earthquake on Aug. 24 caused road damage varying from pavement cracks to exposing rebar on concrete bridges.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson today voted against his own legislation, the Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, after House Republicans rejected Thompson's amendment to pay for the bill. Thompson offered an amendment that would not have raised taxes on any individuals, and was previously proposed by former Republican Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp. Thompson's amendment would have simply given the IRS more time to investigate if someone overstated an asset's value which could lead to a larger deduction than they are entitled.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson today voted against his own legislation, the Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, after House Republicans rejected Thompson's amendment to pay for the bill.
Thompson offered an amendment that would not have raised taxes on any individuals, but would have simply given the IRS more time to investigate if someone overstated an asset's value which could lead to a larger deduction than they are entitled.
Thompson said his amendment was previously proposed by former Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, a Republican.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today joined United States Trade Ambassador Michael Froman and a bipartisan coalition of House members to announce that the United States has launched a challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to crack down on a questionable Chinese export subsidy program. Specifically, the U.S.
Top trade officials and congressional lawmakers said Wednesday that the United States is launching a challenge to China's extensive export subsidy program.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Beijing appears to be providing the prohibited export subsidies to manufacturers and producers across seven economic sectors and dozens of other sectors throughout China that are harmful to U.S. workers and businesses.
Higher education can be the key to a better-paying, more productive adulthood. But how can college students avoid being sucked under by debt in search of their dreams?
At a college affordability forum presented by Napa Valley College, NVC staff joined U.S. Department of Education officials and Rep. Mike Thompson to lay out a road map to financial assistance for those already enrolled and for high school seniors poised to do so.
Dear Friends,
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has notified my office of IRS phone scams that continue to defraud individuals across the country. According to the OIG, these scammers are demanding money to pay off tax debts, threatening individuals with legal action for taxes due on prior year tax filings, and trying to defraud individuals by saying they are owed a tax refund to lure them into revealing their banking or other private financial information.
Presented with the opportunity to pitch an idea to their local congressman, students at American Canyon High School picked a hot topic: Should students be required to pass a civics test to graduate.
The plan was crafted as part of a government assignment in Tom Stolberg's class. He had two groups of students prepare briefing papers that were presented to Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, who visited the class last week.
The other proposal presented to Thompson focused on ways to help improve employment opportunities and money management skills for young people.