Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two waterfowl decoys will have a new home at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a donation from U.S. Congressman and lifelong waterfowler Mike Thompson of Northern California.
The canvasback pair, donated at a reception on Capitol Hill in mid-March, were hand-carved and hand-painted by Thompson. Each is hallowed and carved out of redwood. They have redwood heads and glass eyes.
Thompson carved the decoys in the early 1990s and has hunted over them in the Klamath Basin and on the North Coast of California.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today introduced comprehensive drought relief legislation he co-authored with Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2) that will provide assistance to farmers and ranchers, businesses, and communities suffering from the record drought in California and other western states.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) today announced that he led a bipartisan letter with Reps. Joe Heck (R-NV), Steve Pearce (R-NM), Jared Huffman (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA) and Juan Vargas (D-CA) calling on President Obama to protect local clean energy royalties from harmful budget cuts. The letter urged the President to not repeal the sharing of geothermal royalty payments with counties. Because of the high burdens that geothermal production places on the counties where it is developed, counties currently share in the revenue of the federal receipts.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) joined President Obama today at the White House for a ceremony where the President used his executive authority to expand the California Coastal National Monument to include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands along the Mendocino County coastline. Thompson has twice introduced legislation in the 111th and 112th Congresses to expand the California Coastal National Monument to include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2) introduced legislation with Thompson as a co-author in the 113th Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 work plan for the Army Civil Works program which includes $300,000 for a new start feasibility study for Dry Creek (Warm Springs Dam) and Coyote Valley Dam restoration. This provides much needed funding to begin a feasibility study on work which was included in the Russian River Biological Opinion, but for which the Corps believes it currently lacks authority.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today introduced the Lake Berryessa Recreation Enhancement Act (H.R. 4166), legislation that would transfer the management of Lake Berryessa from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) reminds constituents today that there is still time to sign up for a new health insurance plan, or shop around for a different plan if your current one does not meet your health care needs. Open enrollment goes through March 31st 2014.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $2,475,991 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District (RHFD). The grant was awarded through The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The funds are part of an AFG program called Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER).
WASHINGTON, DC – Northern California and Bay Area RepresentativesGeorge Miller (CA-11), Mike Thompson (CA-5), Doris Matsui (CA-6), John Garamendi (CA-3), Jerry McNerney (CA-9), and Anna Eshoo (CA-18) today issued the following statement after legislation aimed to help West Coast farmers and communities during drought conditions was introduced in the U.S. Senate:
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today released the following video statement on Black History Month. Video and a full transcript are below.
“Hi, I’m Mike Thompson.
“This February, I hope you’ll join our community in celebrating Black History Month by recognizing a defining moment in our nation’s history: the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.