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Agriculture, in most of the country, uses much more water than the human population does for personal drinking and hygiene, but in a number of places there is just not enough water to support all the uses in our growing nation. Agriculture has been organized and has been willing to spend large amounts of money to bribe and/or lobby legislators to block many efforts to develop water supplies for cities large and small under the theory that the more water that went to cities, the less there would be for agriculture.


Mike Thompson
Mike Thompson
  • Born: January 24, 1951
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Charles Michael Thompson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district (formerly known as the California 1st congressional district until 2013) since 1999. The district, located in the outer northern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, includes all of Napa County and portions of Contra Costa, Lake, Solano, and Sonoma counties. Thompson is the Chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He is a member of the Democratic Party.