Press Releases
January 14, 2013
Congressman Mike Thompson, chair of a congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (CA-5) and the vice-chairs of the task force today met with Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to discuss a comprehensive approach to reduce and prevent gun violence.
January 4, 2013
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of a congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today announced 12 vice chairs to serve on the task force. The vice chairs and Thompson will make up the task force's leadership team.
January 1, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-01), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee released the following statement on his vote in favor of the bipartisan agreement to avert the fiscal cliff.
Issues:Fiscal Responsibility
December 21, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson, chair of a congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (CA-1) today issued the following statement following the National Rifle Association's (NRA) press conference.
“Everyone agrees our schools, movie theaters shopping malls, streets and communities need to be safer. But we need a comprehensive approach that goes beyond just arming more people with more guns to make this happen.
“Everyone agrees our schools, movie theaters shopping malls, streets and communities need to be safer. But we need a comprehensive approach that goes beyond just arming more people with more guns to make this happen.
December 21, 2012
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) announced today that the Russian River watershed was selected as California's Habitat Focus Area within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Habitat Blueprint. NOAA's habitat conservation experts felt that the Russian River offered the greatest opportunities for NOAA-wide collaboration on habitat conservation among the 17 candidate areas identified by the staff this fall.
December 13, 2012
Bipartisan legislation co-authored by Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) that provides better protection for taxpayer dollars today passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 402-0. The legislation, H.R. 4053, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (IPERIA), will better identify, prevent and recover payment error, waste, fraud and abuse within federal spending by making sure federal agencies have policies in place to prevent and recover improper payments.
Issues:Fiscal Responsibility
December 12, 2012
Rep. Mike Thompson and a bipartisan group of 29 Senators and Representatives sent a letter to President Obama Wednesday calling for Master Limited Partnerships and Real Estate Investment Trusts to be a priority in the federal government's "all of the above" energy strategy. The letter was led by the lead sponsors of the bipartisan Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and U.S. Representatives Ted Poe (R-TX-02), Mike Thompson (D-CA-01) and Peter Welch (D-VT-AL). The legislation, H.R. 6437 and S.
Issues:Energy & Environment
December 11, 2012
21 Medal of Honor recipients sent a letter today urging Senate and House leaders who are negotiating the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include Rep. Mike Thompson's (CA-1) provision honoring Colonel Robert Howard in the legislation. Thompson's provision was passed by the House as an amendment to H.R. 4310, the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2013 and honors Col.
Issues:Veterans
November 16, 2012
Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-1), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee today released the following statement after a bipartisan Ways and Means Committee meeting on the fiscal cliff.
“People across our district and nation are counting on us to work together and find a way to avoid the fiscal cliff. After meeting with my Ways and Means colleagues from both sides of the aisle, and being briefed on leadership meetings at the White House, I am cautiously optimistic that we can find common ground and begin addressing our deficit challenges this year.
“People across our district and nation are counting on us to work together and find a way to avoid the fiscal cliff. After meeting with my Ways and Means colleagues from both sides of the aisle, and being briefed on leadership meetings at the White House, I am cautiously optimistic that we can find common ground and begin addressing our deficit challenges this year.
October 12, 2012
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-1), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means today released the following statement after a new Joint Committee on Taxation report showed that eliminating all of the itemized deductions in the tax code would only generate enough savings to reduce marginal tax rates by only 4 percent.
Issues:Fiscal Responsibility