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Today, Congressmen Mike Thompson (CA-05) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), along with more than 100 other members of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to the leadership of the House urging them to adopt language from the Senate Farm Bill, S.

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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement on yesterday's shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA-5) today introduced H.R. 3112, the bipartisan Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2013, legislation that will reduce federal spending by eliminating fraudulent payments from Medicare, while ensuring that adequate prosthetic and orthotic services are provided to Medicare beneficiaries.

U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-05), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ-02), Luis Gutierrez (D-Il-04), and J. Randy Forbes (R-VA-04) introduced bipartisan legislation today that would strengthen Congressional oversight and improve accountability of the Intelligence Community (IC). The Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013, H.R.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement in response to President Obama's address on the situation in Syria.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $125,000 in new Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grants to Catalyst Coalition, a program at the Napa County Office of Education. The DFC grant funds will be used to involve and engage the local community to prevent substance use among youth.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, Chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement on the swearing in of Todd Jones as the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the Obama Administration's releasing of new executive actions to reduce gun violence.