112th Congress
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 - The ambitious proposal to remove four Klamath River dams would add jobs and aid fish, a new federal report asserts, but the idea still leaves California lawmakers badly divided.
As they approach a make-or-break decision on whether to recommend the dam removal, U.S. Interior Department officials on Tuesday touted anticipated benefits that include improved salmon habitat and 1,400 construction jobs during the year it would take to remove the hydroelectric dams.
Long-term Klamath basin restoration efforts would add an estimated 4,600 jobs, the report says.
As they approach a make-or-break decision on whether to recommend the dam removal, U.S. Interior Department officials on Tuesday touted anticipated benefits that include improved salmon habitat and 1,400 construction jobs during the year it would take to remove the hydroelectric dams.
Long-term Klamath basin restoration efforts would add an estimated 4,600 jobs, the report says.
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.
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.
January 24, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement in response to the President's State of the Union address:
“Tonight the President talked about how we must stand up for our middle class, and those fighting to get into the middle class. Hard working families across our District are looking for a fair shake. They want to know that if they work hard and play by the rules, then they will be able to put food on the table and gas in their car, make their mortgage payment, send their kids to college and save for retirement.
“Tonight the President talked about how we must stand up for our middle class, and those fighting to get into the middle class. Hard working families across our District are looking for a fair shake. They want to know that if they work hard and play by the rules, then they will be able to put food on the table and gas in their car, make their mortgage payment, send their kids to college and save for retirement.
January 24, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement on the Interior Department's Draft Overview Report on Klamath Dam Removal Studies. Thompson is the sponsor of the H.R. 3398, the Klamath Basin Economic Restoration Act.
January 24, 2012
EUREKA -- U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson visited the Fresenius Medical Care Eureka Dialysis Center on Friday to learn about kidney disease and its progression to kidney failure, and to observe local residents receiving life-saving dialysis treatments.
According to the U.S. Renal Data System's 2011 annual report, California has the third highest number of people with kidney failure per capita in the country. In 2009 alone there were 14,030 new cases in the state, a 15 percent increase since 2004.
According to the U.S. Renal Data System's 2011 annual report, California has the third highest number of people with kidney failure per capita in the country. In 2009 alone there were 14,030 new cases in the state, a 15 percent increase since 2004.
Issues:Health Care
January 24, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C -- While the nation's Capitol was abuzz with reaction to President Obama's State of the Union Address, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St.Helena) said Tuesday night, "There's no place I would rather spend my 61st birthday, if I can't be with my wife, than with the President of the United States, tonight."
Thompson said "the President did a good job of talking about issues that are on the minds of every American."
He said the general platitudes could easily be focused at a local level.
Thompson said "the President did a good job of talking about issues that are on the minds of every American."
He said the general platitudes could easily be focused at a local level.
January 23, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that new regulations to help ensure airline passengers are treated fairly will go into effect this week. The new protections, put in place by the Department of Transportation (DOT), require that airlines and ticket agents include all mandatory taxes and fees in published airfares and that they disclose baggage fees to consumers buying tickets.