114th Congress

Top trade officials and congressional lawmakers said Wednesday that the United States is launching a challenge to China's extensive export subsidy program.

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Beijing appears to be providing the prohibited export subsidies to manufacturers and producers across seven economic sectors and dozens of other sectors throughout China that are harmful to U.S. workers and businesses.

Dear Friends,

The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has notified my office of IRS phone scams that continue to defraud individuals across the country. According to the OIG, these scammers are demanding money to pay off tax debts, threatening individuals with legal action for taxes due on prior year tax filings, and trying to defraud individuals by saying they are owed a tax refund to lure them into revealing their banking or other private financial information.

Presented with the opportunity to pitch an idea to their local congressman, students at American Canyon High School picked a hot topic: Should students be required to pass a civics test to graduate.

The plan was crafted as part of a government assignment in Tom Stolberg's class. He had two groups of students prepare briefing papers that were presented to Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, who visited the class last week.

The other proposal presented to Thompson focused on ways to help improve employment opportunities and money management skills for young people.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation in the House (H.R. 761) and Senate (S. 393) to designate the 360,100 acre Berryessa Snow Mountain region as a national monument.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation in the House and Senate on Thursday to designate the 360,100-acre Berryessa-Snow Mountain region — all federally owned land — as a national monument.

The move represents a slight shift for Thompson and Boxer, who tried in 2013 to get the sprawling area, which runs for 100 miles south-to-north through Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Solano and Yolo counties, placed in a national conservation area.

Rep. Mike Thompson will try again to convince Congress to create a 360,000-acre Berryessa-Snow Mountain National Monument.

Thompson, D-St. Helena, and U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer announced on Thursday that they have introduced new Berryessa-Snow Mountain legislation. Among other things, it would unite federal land in the region under a single management plan, including about 62,000 acres in Napa County.

California representatives in Congress are making another push to get Berryessa Snow Mountain nationally recognized.

U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, introduced Thursday the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument Act. The legislation would designate the region as a National Monument to protect more than 350,000 acres of publicly-owned land in Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties.