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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.
January 27, 2012
Representatives Mike Thompson (CA-1) and Lee Terry (NE-2) yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation increasing rural communities' access to high quality health care. The bipartisan “Medicare Hospice Access Care Act,” allows physician assistants to care for Medicare hospice patients.
Issues:Health Care
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.
In a concerted show of strength, 16 California House Democrats gathered Wednesday to bolster the case for more help. They want a meeting with the president, an infusion of new blood and specific relief for financially troubled homeowners.
It could get very expensive. But the alternative, lawmakers warn, could be continued hardship for California residents and sustained political trouble for the president.
In a concerted show of strength, 16 California House Democrats gathered Wednesday to bolster the case for more help. They want a meeting with the president, an infusion of new blood and specific relief for financially troubled homeowners.
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.
The findings seem to support a bill recently introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkeley, D-Oregon, and North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, that would authorize the Interior Department to decide whether to remove the four Klamath River dams.
The findings seem to support a bill recently introduced by Sen. Jeff Merkeley, D-Oregon, and North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, that would authorize the Interior Department to decide whether to remove the four Klamath River dams.