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June 16, 2012
There are always so many people to thank when good things happen.
Issues:Energy & Environment
June 15, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-01) today announced a $145,837 federal grant that will help provide permanent housing and support to veterans on the North Coast. The grant, provided through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will be administered by the North Coast Veterans Resource Center and Humboldt County Housing Authority.
Issues:Veterans
June 15, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement on the Obama Administration's decision to stop deporting and begin providing work permits to young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children through no choice of their own, and have since led law-abiding lives, and do not present a risk to national security or public safety:
June 15, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced a $325,217 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant for Healdsburg. The grant was awarded through The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
June 14, 2012
U.S. Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA), Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Lois Capps (D-CA) today sent a bipartisan letter to the House-Senate Transportation Conference Committee requesting that conferees adopt minimum funding levels for bridges not on Federal-aid highways under the final surface transportation reauthorization agreement.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
June 13, 2012
Dear Friend,
Please join me and Congressman George Miller for a Veterans Resource Fair! Hear from and meet with representatives from local VA Medical Centers, the VA Oakland Regional Office, and other federal agencies that offer services and benefits to veterans!
Please join me and Congressman George Miller for a Veterans Resource Fair! Hear from and meet with representatives from local VA Medical Centers, the VA Oakland Regional Office, and other federal agencies that offer services and benefits to veterans!
June 11, 2012
Dear Friend,
June 11, 2012
My first kayak river run took place in six hours over 20 miles of Cache Creek, a state wild and scenic river.
It was ever-so-scenic, with canyons, rock uplifted from ancient ocean beds in vertical stripes and curves, 1906 earthquake landslides coming down to water's edge, gray pines and blue oaks outlined against a blue sky.
Issues:Energy & Environment
June 8, 2012
Competition in our global economy is increasing, and a college education is getting more expensive. This is counterintuitive. If our nation is going to remain competitive in our global economy, then we must continue producing the world's best entrepreneurs and innovators.
Issues:Jobs & Economy