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“Today, the Senate passed bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform. Not only is this bill the right thing to do for our country and in line with our nation's most fundamental principles, it will boost our economy and lower our debt.
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With student loan rates set to double on Monday, July 1st, I called on the House yesterday to immediately bring up legislation I co-authored, H.R. 1595, the Student Loan Relief Act. This 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. Unfortunately, the House Majority wouldn't allow my bill to come to up for consideration.
With or without a flood, big things are about start happening to downtown Napa.
This bypass channel will provide much more than just flood protection.
“Today, the Supreme Court took a stand for equal justice under the law, ruling that laws that deny equality are immoral, unjust and unfair. This is a giant step forward, but we must continue working until every American has the right to marry whoever they love no matter where you live.”
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.
“This project will be a linchpin of economic development and job creation in our community for decades to come,” Thompson said in a news release.
Rep. Mike Thompson's bipartisan provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States was passed by the House of Representatives earlier this week.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today voted against H.R. 1797, a bill offered by House Republicans that would place severe restrictions on health and reproductive rights of women. The legislation would institute a national ban on abortions after 20 weeks, with no exception to protect a woman's health.
"This bill is an unacceptable and unconstitutional attack on women's health care," said Thompson. "Congress has absolutely no business interfering in decisions best made between a woman, her family and her doctor.