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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson presented Community Health Clinic Ole with a $175,000 check Monday, with the money going toward updating the clinic's Calistoga facility.
The grant money, which was made available through the federal Affordable Care Act, will help upgrade the clinic's phones and computers as well as its heating and air conditioning system.
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), co-chair of the bipartisan Military Veterans Caucus, on Friday secured the passage of his bipartisan amendment with Congressman Pete Sessions (TX-32) to expedite new and innovative treatments to our nations' veterans and active duty soldiers suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Congressman Mike Thompson announced the passage by the House of Representatives Friday of a budget amendment that would fund innovative treatments for veterans and active duty soldiers suffering traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Calling the most recent Bay Delta Conservation Plan delay the “last, best opportunity to stand up to … unreasonable demands,” Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-1), Jerry McNerney (CA-11), George Miller (CA-7), Doris Matsui (CA-5) and John Garamendi (CA-10) called for specific steps to be taken for the plan to move forward in a fair and transparent manner.
President Obama signed legislation Tuesday renaming the Yountville Veterans Home Post Office the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building,” said Rep. Mike Thompson who had sponsored the name change.
It seems the Coliseum's rowdy section during Raiders games is not the only "black hole" in Oakland. The regional office of the Veterans Affairs has earned that moniker from California veterans who must deal with it.
To hear them tell it, the office is where valid benefits claims go to die, or at least to languish.