Press Releases
NAPA, C.A. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $2 million in Emergency Relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and local agencies cover repair costs for infrastructure damaged by the August 24th earthquake.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $2.65 million U.S. Department of Education (ED) grant for Santa Rosa Junior College. The grant was awarded under the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Gregg Harper (R-MS) today introduced bipartisan legislation to expand telehealth services under Medicare. The bill, titled the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2014 puts telehealth services under Medicare on the path toward parity with in-person health care visits.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $1 million Department of Transportation (DOT) grant for Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport. The funds will be used for environmental mitigations required to complete the airport's runway realignment and extension project. Once completed, this runway project will help the airport accommodate regional jets flying longer distances to and from an increased number of air travel destinations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today hosted a meeting with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Undersecretary for Benefits Allison Hickey and Julianna Boor, the new Director of the VA's Oakland Regional Office. Thompson and his Northern California colleagues discussed the claims backlog at the Oakland Regional Office, and the recent controversies at other VA offices around the country. Since 2012, Thompson has hosted four separate oversight meetings with Hickey on Capitol Hill, and toured the Oakland Regional Office with her.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today issued the following statement on the Department of Transportation's new proposed crude by rail regulations:
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), a member of the bipartisan TRIO Caucus, today announced a $325,000 U.S. Department of Education grant for Sonoma State University's (SSU) TRIO program. Federal TRIO programs are outreach and student services programs designed to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The programs serve and assist low-income individuals, first-generation college students, and individuals with disabilities.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $222,179 Small Business Innovation Research grant for Riptide Bioscience, INC. Riptide Bioscience, INC. is based in Vallejo on Mare Island. The grant, from the National Eye Institute (NEI), will go towards a research project titled the Designed Host Defense Peptides for the Treatment of Bacterial Keratitis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today issued the following statement on the violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories:
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) introduced H.R. 5106, bipartisan legislation that would designate the United States Postal facility located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo as the "Philmore Graham Post Office Building." Every member of the California Congressional Delegation has cosponsored Thompson's bill.