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September 30, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $63,232 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants for the Lake County Housing Commission. The funds come from HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program.


September 30, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $136,849 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants for the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa. The funds come from HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program.


September 30, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $68,107 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants for the Housing Authority of the City of Vallejo. The funds come from HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program.


September 30, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $136,849 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants for the Napa Housing Authority. The funds come from HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program.


September 30, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $331,518 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) for Santa Rosa Community Health Centers (SRCHC). The funds will be used to hire additional staff.

Issues:Health Care

September 29, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $713,933 School Climate Transformation Grant (SCTG) from the Department of Education for the Santa Rosa City Schools. The SCTG is a Federal program designed to help make schools safer and improve mental health services for students and young adults.

Issues:Education

September 28, 2014
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Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein are among those on Capitol Hill mounting an assault on corporate America's rising reliance on minnow-swallows-whale mergers that permit corporations to avoid U.S. taxes by relocating overseas.

In recent examples of inversion, as the tactic is known, a larger U.S. corporation typically merges with a smaller European counterpart and moves its legal business address to Dublin or London or Switzerland. More often than not, the company maintains its U.S. base and does business as normal.

Issues:Fiscal Responsibility

September 27, 2014
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U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and John Garamendi (CA-3) on Friday announced a $372,923 School Climate Transformation Grant from the Department of Education for the Lake County Office of Education.

The School Climate Transformation Grant is a federal program designed to help make schools safer and improve mental health services for students and young adults.

Issues:Education

September 27, 2014
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Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena and Sen. Barbara Boxer visited Napa on Saturday to survey damage and reconstruction efforts from the Aug. 24 earthquake, while renewing their demands for the federal government to approve funding for individual disaster relief.


September 27, 2014
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U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer on Saturday toured the damage from last month's 6.0-magnitude earthquake as Napa officials asked residents to submit photos of the damage for a pictorial as they continue to seek federal aid for individuals and businesses.

"This is a critical week to make the case," the Democratic senator said at a press conference at Napa City Hall on Saturday after a tour of the damaged homes and landmarks, including the Old Courthouse and the U.S. Post Office. "I think we'll make the case."