112th Congress
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.
“On February 2, University of California, Davis Professor Noha Radwan was attacked by an angry mob in Cairo after appearing on the television show Democracy Now. Thankfully, Professor Radwan's injuries were relatively minor.
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.
Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) has reintroduced legislation that would bring tax relief to the owners of family farms and open spaces. The “Family Farm Preservation and Conservation Estate Tax” bill would defer the payment of the estate tax for families as long as the land remains in agriculture or open space.
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) issued the following statement today upon the announcement of being selected to serve on the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
“I am honored to again be selected to serve on the House Select Committee on Intelligence,” said Congressman Thompson. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to guarantee that the intelligence community has all the resources necessary to ensure our nation's security and preserve the strength of our intelligence capabilities.”
Tonight, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) released the following statement regarding President Obama's State of the Union Address:
"Tonight, the President spoke about the importance of increasing our country's competitiveness and investing in innovation. China, who recently passed the United States as the world's leading energy user, is investing double the amount of money in clean energy than we are. We need to make similar investments in clean technology, so we can create good, 21st century jobs here in the U.S.
“I am honored to again be selected to serve on the House Select Committee on Intelligence,” said Congressman Thompson. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to guarantee that the intelligence community has all the resources necessary to ensure our nation's security and preserve the strength of our intelligence capabilities.”