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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress often urge federal agencies and the private sector to hire military veterans, but a survey suggests they rarely follow that advice with their personal staff.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson today commended the Senate for passing bipartisan legislation to extend unemployment insurance for nearly 3 million Americans, including more than 514,000 Californians.
On Friday U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), vice chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, led the call against legislative language known as “riders,” in appropriations bills that would block efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence.
Under bright sunshine Saturday, Napa Mayor Jill Techel celebrated the start of the construction of the flood bypass near the Oxbow, a key piece of Napa’s flood protection project. The bypass channel will carry floodwaters from the Napa River near the Oxbow to the stretch of the river near Napa Creek at the First Street Bridge.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that 60 bipartisan members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on as co-authors of H.R. 4166, Thompson’s legislation that would transfer the management of Lake Berryessa from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), Vice-Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, led the call against legislative language known as “riders,” in appropriations bills that would block efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced the beginning of the 2014 Congressional Art Competition, and urged high school students in California’s 5th Congressional District to enter their artwork. The annual competition showcases the artistic talents and abilities of students in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that Stephen Gale has been hired to serve as District Representative in Thompson’s Santa Rosa Office, and Edith Gonzalez has been hired to serve as Constituent Services Representative in Thompson’s Napa Office.
WASHINGTON D.C. – An effort to fix the out-dated formula used to determine Medicare reimbursement payments that U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) helped lead through the House passed the Senate today as part of H.R. 4302, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, and will now go to the President’s desk to be signed into law. H.R.
President Barack Obama signed a bill Tuesday fixing an outdated Medicare payment formula that made it difficult to recruit doctors to Sonoma County and caused many local physicians to shut their doors to new Medicare patients.