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July 10, 2013
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July 3, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced today that the Headquarters Building of the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky will be dedicated in honor of Colonel Robert Howard. Col. Howard served with the 5th Special Forces in Vietnam, and was Thompson's company commander when Thompson was an airborne instructor at the Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Issues:Veterans
June 28, 2013
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced a $238,000 federal grant that will provide Sonoma County veterans with job training, job placement, housing and other services. The grant, provided through the Department of Labor (DOL), will be awarded to Vietnam Veterans of California, Inc. in Santa Rosa. The grants were awarded through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP).
Issues:Veterans
June 27, 2013
With student loan rates set to double on Monday, July 1st, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson yesterday called on the House to immediately bring up legislation he co-authored, H.R. 1595, the Student Loan Relief Act. Thompson's bill would allow college students to benefit from historically low interest rates by freezing the current 3.4 percent rate on subsidized Stafford loans for the next two years.
Issues:Education
June 27, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act,” a comprehensive immigration reform bill, by a vote of 68-32:
Issues:Immigration Reform
June 26, 2013
Perhaps appropriately, a rare June rain was falling in Napa on Monday when news came that the long-awaited federal funding for the Oxbow flood bypass channel had finally been secured. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that $16.6 million had been allocated to the project.
With or without a flood, big things are about start happening to downtown Napa.
With or without a flood, big things are about start happening to downtown Napa.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
June 26, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today released the following statement on the United States Supreme Court's rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8.
June 25, 2013
Rep. Mike Thompson announced Monday afternoon that the Army Corps of Engineers had allocated $16.6 million to build the vital flood bypass channel in downtown Napa.
The channel, which would double as a city park in dry weather, is a critical component of the Napa River flood control project, approved by county voters in 1998.
The channel, which would double as a city park in dry weather, is a critical component of the Napa River flood control project, approved by county voters in 1998.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
June 24, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that he successfully secured $16.62 million in funds in the Army Corps of Engineers' Fiscal Year 2013 work plan to complete the Napa Flood Project's Downtown Bypass Channel. Once complete, this project will provide 100-year flood protection to the City of Napa and support business development and job creation throughout the community.
Issues:Jobs & Economy