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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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today released the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge ruled against the Mishewal Wappo tribe in their suit against the federal government seeking status restoration. Had the tribe been successful in its suit, land in Napa County would have been placed into federal trust, exempting it from all local and state regulations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. >> In recognition of Women's History Month, U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (CA-5) recognized Pamela Phillips as Lake County's Woman of the Year. Phillips was one of five women recognized, one from each of the five counties that make up the Fifth Congressional District.
Napa will get the flood control bypass landscaping of its dreams, complete with more vegetation to help with erosion control.
Rep. Mike Thompson announced Tuesday he has secured the $1.8 million necessary to restore the originally envisioned landscaping for the project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had switched to a stripped-down landscaping plan to control costs.
A federal judge has ruled against an Indian tribe seeking federal recognition in a case that Napa County officials feared might have opened the door for a local casino.
U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Davila issued the ruling Monday evening for the 2009 lawsuit.
The judgment means that the U.S. Department of the Interior will not have to recognize the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley in Sonoma County.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, has named Press Democrat columnist and local historian Gaye LeBaron Sonoma County's Woman of the Year as part of Women's History Month.
LeBaron was one of five women Thompson honored — one for each of the five counties in his district — at a small celebration Saturday at Honig Vineyard and Winery in Rutherford, LeBaron said.
RUTHERFORD — When Cynthia Guzman was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease three years ago, the retired nurse was determined not to let the disease knock her down.
As long as she could, she would be out there, raising awareness about the disease and the need to support research to put an end to Alzheimer's.