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Sonoma County's Head Start program received a $3.4 million federal grant to continue serving 552 preschool-aged children throughout the county, officials said Monday.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, announced the grant to the local anti-poverty agency, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County.
Head Start programs "help make sure all children have a foundation for future success," Thompson said.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) released the following statement today on the one year anniversary of the Senate's failure to pass commonsense, bipartisan legislation that would require criminal background checks for all commercial gun sales.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) led a bipartisan letter with Rep. Pete King (R-NY-2) to President Barack Obama requesting that he require all federal agencies to only buy American flags that are 100 percent made in America, by American workers, using American grown and manufactured materials.
The medicinal use of marijuana may be legal in California, but growing the plants on trespassed land is not, and U.S. Representative Mike Thompson, Benicia's member in the House, said he applauds actions that would reduce environmental destruction caused by such illegal operations.
TUESDAY - APRIL 15, 2014 - NAPA, CA - Representative Mike Thompson spoke to a group of about 120 Napa High School students on Tuesday afternoon. He described some of his duties as a member of the U.S. Congress and answered questions. J.L. Sousa/Register
By ISABELLE SCHMALTZ
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) led a bipartisan letter with Rep. Pete King (R-NY-2) to President Barack Obama requesting that he require all federal agencies to only buy American flags that are 100 percent made in America, by American workers, using American grown and manufactured materials.
LAKE COUNTY -- Congressman Mike Thompson commended the Senate for passing bipartisan legislation to extend unemployment insurance for nearly 3 million Americans, including more than 514,000 Californians.
The Senate passed the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act by a vote of 59 to 38, which retroactively extends emergency unemployment insurance through the end of May.
WASHINGTON—Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael), Sam Farr (D-Carmel), and Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale), applauded the U.S. Sentencing Commission for taking action to increase public safety and stop the environmental destruction caused by trespass marijuana grows on our public and private lands. The U.S.
WASHINGTON D.C. – In one week, a bipartisan group of more than 100 additional Members of Congress signed on as co-authors of 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 165 co-authors.
Lake County's House of Representatives members, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Rep. John Garamendi (CA-3), on Thursday joined a bipartisan group of representatives in voting against H.Con.Res. 96, the House Majority’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 budget authored by Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-1).
The budget resolution passed by a vote of 219-205.
No Democrats voted for the resolution and 12 Republicans voted against the resolution.
The Senate will not pass H.Con.Res. 96, and if they did, the president would veto it, the congressmen reported.