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He leads a congressional committee to stem gun violence. And he's also a crack shot.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, beat out 35 of his Capitol Hill colleagues in an annual skeet shooting competition to earn the "Top Gun" award from the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
The avid shooter and Vietnam veteran is chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, which advocates gun control.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced Friday that he had won "Top Gun" honors at this week's Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation annual shoot-out. Thompson outshot the other 35 members of Congress that participated.
"This annual shoot-out is a great event that brings together folks from both political parties for an afternoon of fun and comradery," said Thompson, a two-time chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus.
Thompson's news release also pointedly notes that he is also chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force.
Rep. Mike Thompson will try again to switch federal agencies in charge of managing Lake Berryessa, and again he will have the support of Napa County.
Thompson wants the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, not the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, to manage recreation at the eastern Napa County reservoir. He plans to reintroduce legislation in Congress to make the switch.
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Don Young (R-AK-AL) think there should be more veterans working on Capitol Hill, so this week they announced the bipartisan Veterans Congressional Fellowship Caucus is accepting applications for 2015 fellows.
Both veterans, Thompson (U.S. Army 1967-1973) and Young (U.S. Army 1955-1957) last year launched the caucus fellowship program.
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Don Young (R-AK-AL) on Wednesday announced the bipartisan Veterans Congressional Fellowship Caucus is now accepting applications for 2015 fellows.
The mission of the caucus is to increase the number of veterans working on Capitol Hill.
To do this, veterans Thompson (U.S. Army, 1967-1973) and Young (U.S. Army, 1955-1957) last year launched the caucus fellowship program.
Viviana Garcia from Vintage High School is the winner of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced on Tuesday.
Garcia's work, titled "Self Portrait" will represent California's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol, where it will be displayed starting this June for one year.
Garcia and a guest will be flown to Washington, D.C. to attend an awards ceremony on June 24. Garcia is taught by Christine Golik.
Two major public transit-related projects are well underway in Vallejo, and a bus tour Monday of the sites appears to have duly dazzled the dignitaries who came along.
"Incredibly impressive," U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) said. "It's hard to believe it's going to be done in so short a time. (The behind-the-scenes operation) is a very important part of the public transit process and the public rarely knows anything about it. I want to see it when it's finished."
The U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled new rules on transporting crude oil by rail Friday that set a timeline to get old-technology, easily punctured tank cars off U.S. and Canadian rail lines but fail to address the explosive nature of the Bakken crude that sparked the public's concerns to begin with.
A leading national gun safety group, joined by members of Congress, is calling for investigations of the National Rifle Association's fundraising practices and finances in response to a Yahoo News investigation published last week.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) has launched a nationwide petition campaign asking the Federal Election Commission and the Internal Revenue Service to investigate "violations of federal law" by the National Rifle Association.
Santa Rosa Community Health Centers, the county's largest system of federally qualified community clinics, is slated to receive more than $3.7 million in federal funds aimed at providing medical care for the uninsured.
A grant, which comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will be used for staff who provide essential primary health services; medical care and programs for the uninsured; and outreach and enrollment efforts.