114th Congress
U.S Representative Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced Friday that around $4.8 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration will be given to help the California Department of Transportation and local agencies cover repair costs for infrastructure damaged by the last year's Aug. 24 earthquake.
For many years the natural wealth and recreation opportunities found here in Lake County and the surrounding counties has gone largely unrecognized. The nearly one hundred miles stretching from Lake Berryessa to Snow Mountain in the Mendocino National Forest is a crown jewel of Northern California's Inner Coast Range. Those of us who live here know well the tremendous value of the Berryessa Snow Mountain region and have been working to see it permanently protected for years.
Washington, D.C. – In recognition of National Invasive Species Week, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Dr. Dan Benishek (MI-01) today announced the formation of the Congressional Invasive Species Caucus for the 114th Congress. This bipartisan caucus works to raise awareness of the impact of invasive species around the country, supports local communities who are bearing the brunt of this problem, and promotes efforts to prevent and control the spread of invasive species.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) today led a bipartisan coalition of legislators in calling on President Obama to protect local clean energy royalties from harmful budget cuts. In a letter to the president, Thompson and the lawmakers expressed their disappointment that geothermal royalty payments to counties were eliminated in the President's recently released Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget. Because of the high burdens that geothermal production places on the counties where it is developed, counties currently share in the revenue of the federal receipts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $4.8 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and local agencies cover repair costs for infrastructure damaged by the August 24th, 2014 earthquake.
Local earthquake-damaged highways and roads will benefit from $4.8 million in federal emergency repair money.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena on Friday announced the money will come from the Federal Highway Administration. The South Napa Earthquake on Aug. 24 caused road damage varying from pavement cracks to exposing rebar on concrete bridges.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, on Friday announced $4.8 million in federal aid for Caltrans to cover costs to repair infrastructure damaged by the Aug. 24 earthquake centered near Napa.
The funds are from the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration, and come after President Barack Obama approved FEMA disaster aid for local governments in September.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson today voted against his own legislation, the Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, after House Republicans rejected Thompson's amendment to pay for the bill. Thompson offered an amendment that would not have raised taxes on any individuals, and was previously proposed by former Republican Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp. Thompson's amendment would have simply given the IRS more time to investigate if someone overstated an asset's value which could lead to a larger deduction than they are entitled.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson today voted against his own legislation, the Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, after House Republicans rejected Thompson's amendment to pay for the bill.
Thompson offered an amendment that would not have raised taxes on any individuals, but would have simply given the IRS more time to investigate if someone overstated an asset's value which could lead to a larger deduction than they are entitled.
Thompson said his amendment was previously proposed by former Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, a Republican.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today joined United States Trade Ambassador Michael Froman and a bipartisan coalition of House members to announce that the United States has launched a challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to crack down on a questionable Chinese export subsidy program. Specifically, the U.S.