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September 10, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today introduced H.R. 6362, the Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries (REFI) in the Pacific Act of 2012. The bipartisan legislation will help alleviate financial hardship that North Coast fishermen are facing due to loan repayments on the 2003 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery buyback loan, and ultimately retain fishery jobs and those associated with the fishery including crew members, ship yards, boat mechanics, seafood processors, dock workers, small business owners and others who depend on the fishing industry.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
September 10, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced two federal Department of Transportation (DOT) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants totaling $3,345,306 for Del Norte County Regional Airport, Jack McNamara Field in Crescent City.
“Jack McNamara Field Airport is an economic hub for Crescent City and the North Coast,” said Thompson. “These grants will help create jobs, improve our local economy and make the airport safer for passengers and planes.”
“Jack McNamara Field Airport is an economic hub for Crescent City and the North Coast,” said Thompson. “These grants will help create jobs, improve our local economy and make the airport safer for passengers and planes.”
September 5, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced $750,000 in new Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grants to coalitions in California's First Congressional District.
September 5, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced an agreement between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the City of Ferndale to keep the Mendocino Lighthouse Lens in Ferndale. Later this month, the USCG is going to begin the process of dismantling and storing the lens. The city will then build an artifact exhibit at the Ferndale Museum. The city will also raise funds to reassemble, stabilize and partially restore the Fresnel lens. Once the funds are obtained and the exhibit is built, the city will obtain a 25-year loan, renewable upon mutual consent.
September 5, 2012
Washington, DC, Sep 5, 2012 - Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced an agreement between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the City of Ferndale to keep the Mendocino Lighthouse Lens in Ferndale. Later this month, the USCG is going to begin the process of dismantling and storing the lens. The city will then build an artifact exhibit at the Ferndale Museum. The city will also raise funds to reassemble, stabilize and partially restore the Fresnel lens. Once the funds are obtained and the exhibit is built, the city will obtain a 25-year loan, renewable upon mutual consent.
August 29, 2012
Sixty-six years ago, Alejandro R. Ruiz was honored for a near-suicidal charge to save his fellow soldiers during World War II. Now, his name will live on locally, at a post office near his final home and burial place.
The post office at the Veterans Home of California officially received its new name during a ceremony Wednesday morning â€" the Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.
The post office at the Veterans Home of California officially received its new name during a ceremony Wednesday morning â€" the Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.
August 29, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), joined by veterans, local leaders and United States Postal Service (USPS) officials today officially renamed the Yountville Veterans Home Post Office the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.”
“Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz was an American hero, a courageous man and a resident of the Yountville Veterans Home,” said Thompson. “And so, today it is my honor to officially, and forever name our veterans home's postal facility the ‘Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.'”
“Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz was an American hero, a courageous man and a resident of the Yountville Veterans Home,” said Thompson. “And so, today it is my honor to officially, and forever name our veterans home's postal facility the ‘Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.'”
Issues:Veterans
August 28, 2012
Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-1) today led a bipartisan group of 22 U.S. Representatives in calling on House Leadership to require that every American flag purchased by the Federal Government be manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100 percent grown, produced or manufactured in the United States. Currently the Federal Government is not required to buy American made flags.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
August 28, 2012
The effort is a follow-up to a July 19 agreement that requires the Department of Defense to purchase only U.S. made American flags.
Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-1) today led a bipartisan group of 22 U.S. Representatives in calling on House Leadership to require that every American flag purchased by the Federal Government be manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100 percent grown, produced or manufactured in the United States. Currently the Federal Government is not required to buy American made flags.
Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-1) today led a bipartisan group of 22 U.S. Representatives in calling on House Leadership to require that every American flag purchased by the Federal Government be manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100 percent grown, produced or manufactured in the United States. Currently the Federal Government is not required to buy American made flags.
August 15, 2012
For the fifth consecutive year, the federal deficit is expected to exceed $1 trillion. Our national debt recently surpassed $15 trillion. If our debt was divided among the U.S. labor force, every single American worker would owe more than $100,000.
This is unsustainable â€" a national crisis, and we can't wait to fix it.
This is unsustainable â€" a national crisis, and we can't wait to fix it.