    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Pages 43-44]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        BILL THOMAS, Republican, of Bakersfield, CA; born in Wallace, ID,
    December 6, 1941; graduated, Garden Grove High School, 1959; A.A., Santa
    Ana Community College, 1961; B.A., San Francisco State University, 1963;
    M.A., San Francisco State University, 1965; professor, Bakersfield
    Community College, 1965-74; served in California State Assembly, 1974-
    78; member: Agriculture, Revenue and Taxation, and Rules committees;
    selected by the American Council of Young Political Leaders as a
    delegate to the Soviet Union, 1977; member: Ways and Means Committee;
    member, Subcommittee on Trade; chairman, Subcommittee on Health;
    chairman, House Oversight Committee; married to the former Sharon Lynn
    Hamilton, 1968; two children: Christopher and Amelia; elected to the
    96th Congress, November 7, 1978; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings
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    2208 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
     20515-0521............................................         225-2915

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      Administrative Assistant.--Cathy Abernathy.
      Legislative Director.--Robert S. Winters.
      Scheduler.--Julie Hasler.
    Suite 220, 4100 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93309..   (805) 327-3611
    319 West Murray Street, Visalia, CA 93291..............   (209) 627-6549

    Counties: Kern County; cities and townships of Arvin, Bakersfield,
            Bodfish, Boron, Buttonwillow, Caliente, California City, Cantil,
            China Lake, Edison, Edwards, Fellows, Frazier Park, Glennville,
            Havilah, Inyokern, Keene, Kernville, Lake Isabella, Lebec,
            Maricopa, McKittrick, Mojave, Monolith, North Edwards, Onyx,
            Randsberg, Ridgecrest, Rosamond, Taft, Tehachapi, Tupman,
            Weldon, Willow Springs, Wofford Heights, and Woody. Tulare
            County; cities and townships of California Hot Springs, Camp
            Nelson, Ducor, Farmersville, Lindsay, Porterville, Posey,
            Springville, Strathmore, Terra Bella, Tulare, and Visalia.
            Population (1990), 571,300.
    ZIP Codes: 93203 (part), 93205-08, 93218, 93220, 93222-26, 93238, 93240,
            93247 (part), 93251-52, 93255, 93257 (part), 93258, 93260,
            93265, 93267-68, 93270 (part), 93274 (part), 93275-76, 93277
            (part), 93278-79, 93283, 93285, 93287, 93291 (part), 93301-04,
            93305 (part), 93306 (part), 93307 (part), 93308 (part), 93309
            (part), 93310, 93311 (part), 93312 (part), 93313 (part), 93380-
            89, 93501-02, 93504-05, 93516, 93518-19, 93523-24, 93527, 93531,
            93554, 93555 (part), 93556, 93560-61, 93596