Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced a $4,345,012 Department of Health and Human Services grant for Santa Rosa Community Health Centers (SRCHC). The funds made available by this grant will be used to support continued operations at SRCHC for the next year, through May 31, 2017. SRCHC reports that in 2013, the center saw over 41,000 people, over the course of more than 173,000 medical visits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 11, 2016) – The Small Business Council of America (SBCA), a national nonprofit organization which represents the interests of more than 20,000 privately-held and family-owned organizations on Federal tax, employee benefit and health care matters, presented its 33rd Annual Congressional awards on May 4, 2016.
Washington, D.C. – House Democrats from California, Oregon, and Washington issued the following joint statement in response to Rep. John Garamendi (CA-03) introducing companion legislation to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s drought bill that was heard in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources, Water and Power Subcommittee today. The House members included in this joint statement are: Reps.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced Stella Li from Benicia High School in Solano County as the winner of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition for the 5th Congressional District. Li’s work, titled “Memories of my Grandmother”, will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year beginning in June. Li and a guest will be flown to Washington, D.C. in June to attend a ceremony at the Capitol honoring the students who were selected as winners from congressional districts across our country.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), vice-chair of the Task Force, and Peter King (R-NY) today led more than 110 of their bipartisan colleagues in calling on Speaker Paul Ryan and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to reject legislative language, or “riders”, that would block efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 appropriations bills.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that the United States Postal Service (USPS) is again calling for bids for the Franklin Station Post Office in downtown Napa.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means and Co-Chair of the Congressional Wine Caucus, introduced the Wine Excise Tax Modernization Act (H.R. 4934), bipartisan legislation to modernize federal excise taxes on wine to allow winemakers of all sizes and grape growers to create new, innovative products and keep pace with advances in viticulture. U.S. Rep. David Reichert (R-WA) joined Rep. Thompson in introducing this legislation.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Jared Huffman (CA-2), along with U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-18), yesterday hosted a roundtable with innovative local business leaders at Sonoma State University to discuss how Congress can better support and spur innovation locally and across the country. Yesterday’s discussion was one of many taking place around the country as House Democrats work to craft an Innovation Agenda 2.0.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today visited Contra Costa AFL-CIO Labor Council and the United Way of the Bay Area Community Service in Martinez and met with staff and clients of the center’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today visited Catholic Charities of Solano County in Vallejo and met with staff and clients of the center’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.