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October 31, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today honored the ‘Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild' at a reception hosted in their honor for their years of hand-making quilts for the Wounded Warriors Project.
October 28, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today applauded the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) vote to help expand broadband to millions of underserved Americans. The FCC reforms, approved yesterday, will pave the way for robust broadband coverage across rural America, ensuring the nearly 18 million people without broadband access have affordable and reliable service.
October 28, 2011
Today, the Department of the Interior announced a brief window for public comment on a controversial Memorandum of Agreement relating to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
October 26, 2011
Sonoma County will use $2 million in state grant funds to help speed up payments to contractors installing solar panels and other power and water saving upgrades for homeowners in the county's energy retrofit program.
October 24, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson's (CA-1) website was named one of the best on Capitol Hill today and given a “112th Congress Gold Mouse Award.” The award was given by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF), a nonpartisan nonprofit working to improve communications between citizens and Congress and enhance operations in Capitol Hill offices.
October 24, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) and four other Northern California Members of Congress are demanding answers on the current state of the Bay-Delta planning process and calling on the Interior Department today to rescind a “flawed” Memorandum of Agreement that was developed behind closed doors and that gives water export agencies south of the Delta and in Southern California unprecedented influenc
October 24, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) last week hosted small business roundtable discussions in Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. The roundtables provided an opportunity for small business leaders to participate in an open dialogue about ways the federal government can help small businesses get loans, grow and create jobs.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
October 21, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) yesterday hosted two small business roundtable discussions in Fort Bragg and Ukiah. The roundtables provided an opportunity for small business leaders to participate in an open dialogue about ways the federal government can help small businesses get loans, grow and create jobs.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
October 21, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the following statement on the withdraw of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011:
Issues:Defense
October 21, 2011
Jay Ottolini was glad to hear U.S. troops were pulling out of Iraq.
The retired Santa Rosa truck driver, whose younger brother Mike was killed by a roadside bomb in 2004, said the U.S. never should have been there in the first place.
“It's been hard,” said Ottolini, who has a tattoo tribute to his brother on his left shoulder. “I hope they bring them all back.”
The retired Santa Rosa truck driver, whose younger brother Mike was killed by a roadside bomb in 2004, said the U.S. never should have been there in the first place.
“It's been hard,” said Ottolini, who has a tattoo tribute to his brother on his left shoulder. “I hope they bring them all back.”