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January 25, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), joined by Democratic Members of the California Congressional Delegation, today welcomed the President's proposal from the State of the Union to provide responsible homeowners with the opportunity to refinance at historically low rates, but said this is only half of the equation.
January 25, 2012
WASHINGTON â€" Dissatisfied California lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration for more aggressive solutions to the foreclosure epidemic ailing the state.
It could get very expensive. But the alternative, lawmakers warn, could be continued hardship for California residents and sustained political trouble for the president.
It could get very expensive. But the alternative, lawmakers warn, could be continued hardship for California residents and sustained political trouble for the president.
Eureka Times-Standard - Klamath draft report released; Thompson: The time for Congress to act is now
January 25, 2012
A draft report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of the Interior says a landmark agreement to remove dams in the Klamath Basin will restore salmon and sustain irrigation for farmers in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
January 25, 2012
WASHINGTON - The ambitious proposal to remove four Klamath River dams would add jobs and aid fish, a new federal report asserts, but the idea still leaves California lawmakers badly divided.
January 24, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C -- While the nation's Capitol was abuzz with reaction to President Obama's State of the Union Address, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St.Helena) said Tuesday night, "There's no place I would rather spend my 61st birthday, if I can't be with my wife, than with the President of the United States, tonight."
January 24, 2012
EUREKA -- U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson visited the Fresenius Medical Care Eureka Dialysis Center on Friday to learn about kidney disease and its progression to kidney failure, and to observe local residents receiving life-saving dialysis treatments.
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January 24, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement on the Interior Department's Draft Overview Report on Klamath Dam Removal Studies. Thompson is the sponsor of the H.R. 3398, the Klamath Basin Economic Restoration Act.
January 24, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement in response to the President's State of the Union address:
January 23, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that new regulations to help ensure airline passengers are treated fairly will go into effect this week. The new protections, put in place by the Department of Transportation (DOT), require that airlines and ticket agents include all mandatory taxes and fees in published airfares and that they disclose baggage fees to consumers buying tickets.
January 22, 2012
Two local congressmen are among some two dozen who wrote President Obama late Thursday, urgently seeking a meeting to find real solutions to the foreclosure crisis devastating the area and the country.