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December 13, 2011
Dear Friend,
Tomorrow, December 14th, I will be holding a telephone town hall for residents of California's First Congressional District. Our community will discuss a number of important issues facing our district and nation. If you are interested in participating, please contact my Napa District Office at 707-226-9898 with your name and phone number. I look forward to speaking with you.
Sincerely,
Mike Thompson
Member of Congress
Tomorrow, December 14th, I will be holding a telephone town hall for residents of California's First Congressional District. Our community will discuss a number of important issues facing our district and nation. If you are interested in participating, please contact my Napa District Office at 707-226-9898 with your name and phone number. I look forward to speaking with you.
Sincerely,
Mike Thompson
Member of Congress
December 12, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced a $2.5 million grant provided through the Department of Transportation's TIGER III grant program to the Smith River Rancheria to make roadway safety improvements along the heavily traveled U.S. Highway 101. Thompson worked with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to secure these funds.
December 9, 2011
North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson sees a national emergency unfolding on forested lands across the country.
”Our public and private lands across California, and throughout the country, are being held hostage by illegal drug growers,” Thompson said Wednesday, testifying before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. “In short, our public lands have been taken away from us. That is wrong and must be stopped.”
”Our public and private lands across California, and throughout the country, are being held hostage by illegal drug growers,” Thompson said Wednesday, testifying before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. “In short, our public lands have been taken away from us. That is wrong and must be stopped.”
December 7, 2011
Today 88 members of the U.S. House of Representatives called for an extension of the successful 1603 Treasury Grant Program supporting renewable energy projects, urging in a letter to House leaders that such an extension will continue a proven track record of job creation and promote further growth in domestic clean energy industries.
November 21, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement on the Deficit Reduction Super Committee's failure to reach an agreement to cut the national deficit:
“The Super Committee's failure is yet another example of politics getting in the way of what's best for our country. The only reason we had a Super Committee in the first place was because some new Members of Congress were willing to take our economy over a cliff and we had to avoid an economic catastrophe.
“The Super Committee's failure is yet another example of politics getting in the way of what's best for our country. The only reason we had a Super Committee in the first place was because some new Members of Congress were willing to take our economy over a cliff and we had to avoid an economic catastrophe.
November 21, 2011
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, blamed Republican intransigence on taxes for the congressional supercommittee's failure to reach agreement on a deficit-reduction plan on Monday.
“They will not budge,” Woolsey said. “There's no way to come to a balanced agreement without revenues as a part of it.”
Woolsey and the North Coast's other congressman, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, said it was wrong to put the decision in the hands of a 12-member committee, with Thompson calling it “a fool's errand from the beginning.”
“They will not budge,” Woolsey said. “There's no way to come to a balanced agreement without revenues as a part of it.”
Woolsey and the North Coast's other congressman, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, said it was wrong to put the decision in the hands of a 12-member committee, with Thompson calling it “a fool's errand from the beginning.”
November 18, 2011
Rep. Mike Thompson is sponsoring legislation to rename the threatened post office at the Veterans Home of California at Yountville on behalf of a Medal of Honor winner who died at the home two years ago.
While fighting to persuade the U.S. Postal Service not to close the facility to save money, Thompson is pushing legislation to rename it the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.”
This legislation passed in the House of Representatives on a voice vote Wednesday and must still be approved the Senate.
While fighting to persuade the U.S. Postal Service not to close the facility to save money, Thompson is pushing legislation to rename it the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.”
This legislation passed in the House of Representatives on a voice vote Wednesday and must still be approved the Senate.
November 17, 2011
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, is inviting local schools and veterans to participate in the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.
In 2000, Congress created the project to collect, preserve and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so future generation may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
In 2000, Congress created the project to collect, preserve and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so future generation may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.
November 17, 2011
Today, six Members of Congress sent a bipartisan letter authored by Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena, CA) and John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, commonly referred to as the "Super Committee," urging them to "maintain the current revenue sharing for counties as it pertains to geothermal receipts."
Issues:Energy & Environment
November 16, 2011
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today applauded passage of legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to rename the Yountville Veterans Home Post Office the “Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building.” Congressman Thompson introduced this legislation, which passed today by voice vote, to honor Alejandro R. Ruiz Sr., a Medal of Honor winner who spent his career in the U.S. Army and served in World War II. After retirement, Ruiz lived at the Yountville Veterans Home, located in Napa County, California, until he passed away in 2009 at the age 85.