112th Congress
Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St.
Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Allan Dollison spent parts of 2005 and 2006 serving in Afghanistan's war-torn Helmand province.
Consequently, he said he felt three strong emotions upon learning Sunday that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden, the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed thousands of civilians and led to the war in Afghanistan.
"Tonight, President Obama confirmed that Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan.
Mr. Speaker, it is with both great sadness and a sense of great honor that I rise today, along with my colleague, Lynn Woolsey, to honor and pay tribute to Mitchell ``Mitch'' Mulas, of Sonoma, California, who passed away March 31, 2011 of complications following heart surgery.
Although a report from the White House assessing the federal government's efforts to recycle its electronic trash has been delayed a month, U.S. EPA and members of Congress are moving ahead with their own efforts aimed at combating the growing problem of handling waste from devices such as cellphones and computers.
Following close to 10 years of searching for Osama bin Laden, the United States learned Sunday night that the world's most sought-after terrorist had been killed.
President Barack Obama announced the news to the nation in a televised Sunday evening address that came with little explanation beforehand regarding the topic.
Between 1982 and 2008, there was no reason to worry that an oil well blowout could contaminate the wild, often inaccessib
The "Farms & Salmon Summit: Bringing the Sacramento Delta Together," was the third regional meeting aimed at generating solutions to restore and protect salmon populations and to fight divers
The summit runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in Antioch.
On Monday night, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, hosted a community meeting at Napa City Hall to discuss the country's debt crisis, asking local residents to chime in on where they believe cuts should be made.