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North Coast residents hit the phone lines in droves Wednesday night, with thousands participating in Rep. Mike Thompson's telephone town hall meeting on senior issues.
In all, more than 16,000 residents from Thompson's 1st Congressional District dropped in on his phone forum, said Caroline Hogan, Thompson's communications director.
For much of the nearly hour-and-a-half call, the focus of the conversation mirrored national headlines, including the ongoing fight over health care and the future of the Medicare program.
“The San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act is nothing more than an attempt by powerful water districts south of the Sacramento River Delta to take water they aren't entitled to from farms to the north. H.R. 1837 looks to throw out long-standing state water law, gut the restoration of the San Joaquin River, and take water desperately needed for fisheries that are vital to coastal communities.
Congressmen Mike Thompson and Jim Gerlach have introduced the Conservation Easement Incentive Act, landmark legislation that would provide family farmers, ranchers, and other moderate-income landowners with a permanent incentive to donate development rights to their land.
By providing tax benefits to landowners who choose conservation, the bill would help preserve our nation's cherished farm lands and open spaces for future generations. The bill has received broad bipartisan support in the House of Representatives, with 251 original co-sponsors.
Thompson, D-Napa, and Nora Super, AARP's director of Federal Government Affairs, Health and Family, will answer questions regarding the effect of the Ryan budget plan on Medicare, the future of Social Security, health care reform, and other issues that are important to Northern California seniors.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, will hold a telephone town hall meeting on senior issues for his North Coast constituents at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Thompson and Nora Super, AARP's director of federal government affairs, health and family, will answer questions regarding the impact of the House Republican bill to overhaul Medicare, the future of Social Security, the health care bill and other issues of interest to North Coast seniors.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St.Helena, will be holding a telephone town hall meeting on senior issues for district residents at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Thompson will be joined by Nora Super, the AARP's director of federal government affairs, health and family, to discuss the GOP proposal to overhaul Medicare, the future of health care reform and other issues important to California seniors.
Those interested in take part in the event should contact Thompson's office at 202-225-3311 and leave their name, phone number and city of residence.
Nonprofit conservation organizations could potentially use bonds to buy private, working forests for sustainable harvesting if Congress adopts a bipartisan bill introduced last week.
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson of California and Dave Reichert of Washington submitted the bill in hopes of providing a way to both protect land and allow timber harvesting to continue.
“The idea is to conserve forestlands for the purpose of cutting trees,” Thompson said in a phone interview with The Daily Triplicate last week. His First Congressional District includes Del Norte County.
By providing tax benefits to landowners who choose conservation, the bill would help preserve our nation's cherished farm lands and open spaces for future generations.
The bill has received broad bipartisan support in the House of Representatives, with 251 original co-sponsors.
North America's top providers of on-board commercial vehicle safety systems have come out in support of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2011, introduced recently by Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Ky., and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.
The bill, HR 1706, would provide an income tax credit for proven advanced safety technologies to owners of commercial trucks, buses and commercial motor vehicle fleets.
The panel backed, by voice vote, the measure (HR 1892) that would authorize classified funding for 16 U.S. intelligence agencies and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. government. The recently passed 2011 intelligence authorization bill (HR 754) was estimated to authorize just over $80 billion.