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February 5, 2012
While accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt pledged to our nation and himself a New Deal for the American People.
At the time, America was facing some of the Great Depression's darkest days. Infrastructure investments were the centerpiece of the New Deal because these investments were one of the strongest jump-starts for a struggling economy. Americans from all corners of our country were put to work modernizing our roads and bridges.
February 2, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, announced Wednesday that an agreement has been reached between House and Senate leaders to pass the Air Passenger Bill of Rights -- legislation he has pioneered.
According to a press release, The Air Passenger Bill of Rights will make sure airlines meet their responsibility to passengers by ensuring they are given the option to deplane after excessive delays and requiring that fliers are provided with basic necessities, including access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures and adequate restroom facilities.
According to a press release, The Air Passenger Bill of Rights will make sure airlines meet their responsibility to passengers by ensuring they are given the option to deplane after excessive delays and requiring that fliers are provided with basic necessities, including access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures and adequate restroom facilities.
February 2, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today led a bipartisan group of Representatives in calling on President Obama to protect local clean energy royalties from harmful budget cuts. The letter urges the President to not repeal the sharing of geothermal royalty payments with counties. Because of the high burdens that geothermal production places on the counties where it is developed, counties currently share in the revenue of the federal receipts. Revenue sharing has been a target of cuts in the past.
February 1, 2012
Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Rural Health Coalition, introduced H.R. 3859, the Rural Hospital and Provider Equity (R-HOPE) Act of 2012 today. This bipartisan bill would help rural communities meet the challenge of providing access to high-quality, affordable health care.
Issues:Health Care
February 1, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that an agreement has been reached between House and Senate leaders to pass the Air Passenger Bill of Rights. The Air Passenger Bill of Rights will make sure airlines meet their responsibility to passengers by ensuring that passengers are given the option to deplane after excessive delays, and requiring that fliers are provided with basic necessities, including access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures, and adequate restroom facilities.
February 1, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) Wednesday announced an agreement between U.S. House and Senate leaders regarding the Air Passenger Bill of Rights as well as the introduction of a new bipartisan rural health care bill.
The agreement pertains to legislation seeking to ensure airline customers receive necessities (such as access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures and adequate restrooms) and are protected against long delays after boarding, according to Thompson.
The agreement pertains to legislation seeking to ensure airline customers receive necessities (such as access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures and adequate restrooms) and are protected against long delays after boarding, according to Thompson.
Lake County News -- Thompson calls on FAA Conference Committee to pass Air Passengers Bill of Rights
January 31, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) on Monday called on the House Members of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Conference Committee to include his Airline Passenger Bill of Rights in the long-term FAA authorization bill.
The Airline Passenger Bill of Rights would ensure that passengers are given the option to deplane after three hours.
In addition it would require that fliers are provided with basic necessities, including access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures, and adequate restroom facilities.
The Airline Passenger Bill of Rights would ensure that passengers are given the option to deplane after three hours.
In addition it would require that fliers are provided with basic necessities, including access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures, and adequate restroom facilities.
January 30, 2012
After an all-sides agreement and lengthy scientific study, the country's biggest dam removal project should be on track to restore the Klamath River. But the momentum behind this promising project could stall if Washington lets political gridlock sour the deal.
January 30, 2012
A House-Senate conference committee is expected to decide within a few weeks whether a time limit for airline passengers to remain on delayed flights becomes federal law.
The right to get off a grounded plane after three hours “is really the holy grail for airline passengers,” said Kate Hanni of Napa, who has lobbied for air travelers' rights for five years.
Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, included the three-hour limit in the Senate version of a Federal Aviation Administration authorization bill, officials said Monday.
The right to get off a grounded plane after three hours “is really the holy grail for airline passengers,” said Kate Hanni of Napa, who has lobbied for air travelers' rights for five years.
Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, included the three-hour limit in the Senate version of a Federal Aviation Administration authorization bill, officials said Monday.
January 30, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today called on the House Members of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Conference Committee to include his Airline Passenger Bill of Rights in the long-term FAA authorization bill. The Airline Passenger Bill of Rights would ensure that passengers are given the option to deplane after three hours. In addition it would require that fliers are provided with basic necessities, including access to food and water, comfortable cabin temperatures, and adequate restroom facilities.