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Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) and Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today jointly introduced the Klamath Basin Economic Restoration Act in the Senate and House. The legislation would implement a comprehensive plan, developed through a multi-year collaborative effort among farmers, ranchers, fishermen, Tribal leaders, and conservationists, to settle one of the nation's most volatile water wars. According to an analysis released by the U.S.

Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced more than $24,000 in Rural Development funds for Yokayo Biofuels, Inc. in Ukiah. The funds are used to provide payments to producers to support an expanding production of advanced biofuel. Yokayo Biofuels, Inc. uses waste vegetable oil as feedstock to produce biodiesel.

“Yokayo Biofuels is a model of how green businesses can grow our economy,” said Thompson. “Not only are biofuels good for our environment, growing the biofuel industry will lessen our dependence on foreign oil and spur green job creation.”

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.

“These hand-made quilts are truly a labor of love,” said Thompson. “The Ladies of the Lake Quilt Guild work hard to make certain that the men and women from our county who have served our nation and have been injured receive a hand-made quilt. It is an honor to present these 22 individuals with official Congressional Certificates of recognition.”

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.

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. This announcement follows the ongoing efforts of five Northern California Members of Congress who have repeatedly called on the Interior Department to rescind the document, noting that it was developed behind closed doors and that it gives water export agencies south of the Delta and in Southern California unprecedented influence over an important public process concerning California's precious fresh water supplies.

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 influence over an important public process concerning California's precious fresh water supplies.