112th Congress
Holding “Save America's Postal Service” placards, more than 20 current and retired letter carriers lined Main Street outside Rep. Mike Thompson's office.
Amid the car honks of sympathizers, they collected signatures for a petition to support legislation they said would repair the U.S. Postal Service's ravaged finances and lessen the blow of threatened layoffs.
The draft environmental impact statement and report -- containing environmental and economic analyses related to the removal project and subsequent restoration programs -- fulfills a major condition of the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, which was negotiated among state, local, tribal and water provider leaders to remove four dams from the Klamath River.
“Today the Department of Defense officially closes the door on the discriminatory and harmful “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy,” said Rep. Thompson. “Sexual orientation should not be a factor for deciding who is able to serve and defend our country. As a combat veteran myself, I am proud to have cosponsored and voted for the legislation that now ends “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” once and for all.”
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that the Yurok Tribe in Humboldt County has been awarded a $3.3 million grant for the establishment of the Yurok Tribe Veterans Cemetery. The project will provide services to more than 2,500 underserved Native Veterans and their families.
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today called on the House Majority to pass long-term reauthorizations for both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and national highway and transit programs in order to put Americans back to work and to modernize our nation's crumbling transportation infrastructure. Instead, the House passed today its 23nd short-term FAA extension and its 8th short-term surface transportation programs extension since the last long-term authorization of these programs expired.
Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) announced an office exhibit of art by Woodland High School graduate Nick Christen. Nick is the California First District winner of the annual Congressional Artistic Discovery competition. A print of Nick's striking black and white photograph of the flooded Yolo Bypass that is currently on display in the U.S. Capitol can be viewed in Congressman Thompson's Woodland district office.
“Words cannot begin to express the magnitude of the tragic loss of Jere Melo to our community. Over the 20 years I have represented the Mendocino Coast, I don't think there was ever an event I attended where I didn't see Jere - more often than not he was working - making our region a better place to live.