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Mare Island Dry Docks has been awarded another contract, this time worth $1.9 million, for a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship's repair, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, announced.
The Ronald H. Brown, a NOAA research vessel, will be dry docked and repaired by the Vallejo company.
Thompson, Benicia's and Vallejo's representative in the House, said Wednesday the contract will create 45 to 50 jobs at Mare Island.
"This is another economic win for Solano County, the city of Vallejo, and Mare Island," he said.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) joined 127 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives this week in calling on the Social Security Administration to extend Social Security marriage benefits to all same-sex spouses joined in civil unions, registered domestic partnerships, or marriages in states that do not recognize marriage equality.
Three pieces of water-related legislation written by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa) has passed the House of Representatives. Benicia is in Thompson's district, California House District 5.
The legislation was passed as part of the Conference Report on House of Representatives Bill 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA). The Conference Report passed the House Tuesday 412-4.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today voted to pass an amended version of bipartisan H.R. 3361, the USA Freedom Act. Like the bipartisan Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reform legislation co-authored by Thompson, the amended version of the USA Freedom Act ends the bulk collection of call detail records (telephone metadata). H.R. 3361 passed by a bipartisan vote of 303-121.
Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $1.9 million National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contract for Mare Island Dry Docks, LLC. The contract is for the dry docking and ship repairs of the RONALD H. BROWN research vessel and will create 45 to 50 jobs on the island.
Three pieces of legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) on Tuesday passed the House as part of the Conference Report on H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA).
The WRRDA legislation originally passed the House on Oct. 23, 2013, while the Senate passed separate WRRDA legislation, S.601, on May 15, 2013.
Leaders from both the House and Senate have been in negotiations since the legislation passed both chambers.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Three pieces of legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today passed the House as part of the Conference Report on H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA). The WRRDA legislation originally passed the House on October 23rd, 2013, while the Senate passed separate WRRDA legislation, S.601, on May 15th, 2013. Leaders from both the House and Senate have been in negotiations since the legislation passed both chambers.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Jared Huffman (CA-5) today announced a $1.5 million WaterSMART grant to the North Bay Water Reuse Authority for its North Bay Water Reuse Program. This funding will help provide recycled water for agricultural, environmental, industrial, and landscape uses throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties.
WASHINGTON D.C. – A bipartisan majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has co-authored U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's (CA-5) legislation that would transfer the management of Lake Berryessa from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The bill, H.R. 4166, now has 224 co-authors, six more than is needed to pass the House. A House Committee on Natural Resources hearing has been scheduled for late May.
WASHINGTON D.C. – A bipartisan amendment co-authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) that provides the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with additional resources to address the claims backlog unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives this past week.
Thompson's amendment redirects an additional $10 million to pay for programs like the Veterans Claims Intake Program, the centralized mail initiative, and staff overtime.