112th Congress
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Chef Thomas Aloysius Keller, of Yountville, California on the occasion of being honored by French President Nicolas Sarkozy as a Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor.
I believe government must take a common-sense approach to spending, just like you and your family. Now more than ever, we need a realistic budget that pares down the deficit while still providing funds for veterans' benefits, education, agriculture, infrastructure, health care, and other crucial social services. Doing nothing is not just fiscally irresponsible - it's putting our families at risk.
“I am pleased that Congressional leaders and the president were able to avoid a government shutdown. I look forward to reviewing the final funding bill to ensure it's the best public policy for the people of our district and our country.”
With a principal agreement on a spending deal that would carry the federal government through the Sept. 30 end of the budget year, Congress passed a stop-gap measure late Friday to keep federal departments operating for another week.
As your representative in Washington, I am committed to avoiding a government shutdown. A shutdown would affect millions of Americans, threaten vital services, and jeopardize our nation's fragile economic recovery.
I remain hopeful that a shutdown can still be prevented and will continue to work hard to avoid that unnecessary outcome. However, in the event a shutdown does occur, I wanted to make the following information available to you regarding government services.
These critical services would not be affected:
“I strongly support the Ukiah community's efforts to list this historic post office,” said Rep.
Placing the 1930s Moderne style building on the National Register of Historic Places would allow the community to apply for preservation grants, tax credits and other benefits to help preserve the post office should it be shuttered as the Postal Service proposes.
Gov. Jerry Brown and North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) penned separate letters sent to Obama on Wednesday asking for the assistance for the state, which suffered $48 million in damage to ports, harbors, boats, businesses and infrastructure due to a water surge triggered by Japan's March 11 quake and tsunami.
“Last month's tsunami caused significant damage to infrastructure up and down California's coast,” Thompson said in a press release. “Without assistance, I am extremely concerned that recovery efforts in affected communities, including those I represent, will languish.