Press Releases

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) released the following statement after Congressman George Miller announced he would retire after serving 40 years in Congress:

– U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, today reiterated his call on the House Majority to pass legislation extending emergency unemployment insurance as $64,858,382 was drained from California's economy during the first week of expired federal benefits.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement on the three year anniversary of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona in which former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot and wounded:

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, issued the following statement after the Senate voted to begin consideration of a bipartisan three-month extension of emergency unemployment insurance (S. 1845) on a vote of 60 to 37:

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement today on the Obama Administration's announcement of two new executive actions to strengthen the federal background check system.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that his bipartisan legislation to improve treatment options for active duty soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) has passed in both the Senate and House and is expected to be signed into law by the President. The legislation, which passed as a part of H.R.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's (CA-5) helped lead an effort on Thursday to fix the out-dated formula used to determine Medicare reimbursement payments through the House Committee on Ways and Means.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-15) introduced the bipartisan Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act, legislation that provides expedited tax relief for Americans making charitable donations in support of Typhoon Haiyan recovery efforts in the Philippines. The legislation, H.R. 3771 was co-authored by Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15), Darrell Issa (R-CA-49) and Joe Heck (R-NV-3).