Press Releases
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today released the following statement in honor of Memorial Day which will be observed on Monday, May 26th:
"Memorial Day is a day of remembrance. It is a day for families to remember the loved ones they lost. It is a day for servicemembers to remember their friends who fell next to them in battle. It is a day for our nation to remember the high cost of freedom – that those we honor were someone's child, someone's partner, someone's parent.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) joined 127 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives this week in calling on the Social Security Administration to extend Social Security marriage benefits to all same-sex spouses joined in civil unions, registered domestic partnerships, or marriages in states that do not recognize marriage equality.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today voted to pass an amended version of bipartisan H.R. 3361, the USA Freedom Act. Like the bipartisan Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reform legislation co-authored by Thompson, the amended version of the USA Freedom Act ends the bulk collection of call detail records (telephone metadata). H.R. 3361 passed by a bipartisan vote of 303-121.
Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $1.9 million National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contract for Mare Island Dry Docks, LLC. The contract is for the dry docking and ship repairs of the RONALD H. BROWN research vessel and will create 45 to 50 jobs on the island.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Three pieces of legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today passed the House as part of the Conference Report on H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA). The WRRDA legislation originally passed the House on October 23rd, 2013, while the Senate passed separate WRRDA legislation, S.601, on May 15th, 2013. Leaders from both the House and Senate have been in negotiations since the legislation passed both chambers.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Jared Huffman (CA-5) today announced a $1.5 million WaterSMART grant to the North Bay Water Reuse Authority for its North Bay Water Reuse Program. This funding will help provide recycled water for agricultural, environmental, industrial, and landscape uses throughout Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties.
WASHINGTON D.C. – A bipartisan majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has co-authored U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's (CA-5) legislation that would transfer the management of Lake Berryessa from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The bill, H.R. 4166, now has 224 co-authors, six more than is needed to pass the House. A House Committee on Natural Resources hearing has been scheduled for late May.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced Carissa Nacol from ArtQuest/Santa Rosa High School in Sonoma County as the winner of the 2014 Congressional Art Competition. Nacol's artwork, titled "Frustration" will represent California's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol, where it will be displayed starting this June for one year. Nacol and a guest will be flown to Washington, D.C. to attend an awards ceremony on June 25th.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted to pass an amended version of H.R. 3361, the USA Freedom Act, out of the Intel Committee. This amended version of the USA Freedom Act unanimously passed the House Judiciary Committee yesterday before unanimously passing the Intelligence Committee today.
WASHINGTON D.C. – A bipartisan amendment co-authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) that provides the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with additional resources to address the claims backlog unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Thompson's amendment redirects an additional $10 million to pay for programs like the Veterans Claims Intake Program, the centralized mail initiative, and staff overtime.