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The former Republican congressman who pushed legislation nearly 20 years ago that effectively banned the federal government from funding research on gun violence is calling on Congress to reverse that law.
Rep. Pete Aguilar was leaving the House floor after the first votes of the day when his staff broke the news: There was an active shooter in his district. He never made it back for the next series of votes.
"My heart aches that the out-of-control gun violence epidemic has come to our community," the
Reacting to the mass shooting Wednesday in San Bernardino, Rep. Mike Thompson faulted House Republicans for failing to support to bills intended to curb pervasive gun violence.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, sent a letter signed by 114 of his colleagues calling on the White House to take action to reduce gun violence. The letter urges the president to close the background check loophole through executive action.
If Republicans won’t pass legislation to curb the nation’s gun violence, House Democrats say the president should.
Dozens of House Democrats are pushing to end the federal ban on gun violence research.
In a Friday letter to Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the Democrats urged the two senior appropriators to remove the decades-old prohibition as part of a year-end government spending package.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $145,101 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Project Based Voucher grant for the Housing Authority of the City of Napa. The grant will provide 17 Section 8 VASH vouchers for the Valley View Senior Homes.
Saturday afternoon at Middletown Minnie Cannon Elementary, the Bike Angels presented children affected by the recent fires with 500 bikes. It was the third bike giveaway organized by the group, who has given upwards of 800 bikes to fire impacted children. Though the Bike Angels won’t be doing another giveaway, they’re setting up a bike depository for kids still in need of wheels.
Flags will fly and the service of veterans of the United States Armed Forces will be honored today at Konocti Vista Casino in Lakeport. Doors open at 10 a.m. with the event scheduled to begin at 11.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) voted on Wednesday in favor of H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
Thompson's office said the agreement raises the debt limit until March 15, 2017, and sets increased spending levels for two years by partially rolling back sequestration cuts by $80 billion, which will be split equally between defense and nondefense spending.