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Mr. Speaker, the Patriot Act gave law enforcement some necessary tools to keep up with technological advances being used by those who would do harm to our country. It did not abolish our responsibility to make sure that the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens are protected.
This motion to recommit will guarantee that the powers of the Patriot Act being voted on today are not used to violate the constitutional rights and freedoms of American citizens.
More specifically, this motion does two important things:
Currently, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) establish policy and provide recommendations for improving Medicare and Medicaid.
Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Rural Health Care Coalition, today joined Reps. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Mike Ross (D-Ark.), and Jim Matheson (D-Utah) in introducing legislation to give rural Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries equal representation on the boards that set policy for the public programs.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Judge William Blanckenburg, a great leader in the community of Napa Valley. Judge Blanckenburg is being honored by the Napa Valley College Foundation with their ``Spirit of Napa Valley College Award'' for his many contributions to higher education in Napa County.
The last place most kids want to be on a Saturday morning is the dentist's office, but it's not such a bad place if you get to brush a dinosaur's teeth.
At the Mendocino Community Health Clinic Inc.'s Hillside Health Center in Lakeport, Saturday was “Give Kids A Smile Day,” an event normally marked on the first Saturday in February, which also is Children's Dental Health Month.
Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, announced Friday that the City of West Sacramento Fire Department will receive more than $1.1 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Homeland Security through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The funding will help the fire department obtain much-needed emergency response equipment, including 543 portable radios for local agencies throughout the Yolo and Sacramento region.
The University of California at Davis has opened the most environmentally sophisticated facility for making, researching and teaching wine, brewing beer and processing foods.
Although the building was actually completed in July and wine-grape crushing and beer brewing began there in September, campus leaders threw a party last Fridayto celebrate the new facility â€" and to announce an important new gift: Jess Jackson and Barbara R. Banke of Jackson Family Wines are donating $3 million for a new facility to develop sustainable production techniques for winemaking.