Press Releases

Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement after testifying at hearing held by the House Committee on Natural Resources' Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee on federal recognition of the Wappo Tribe:

“The correct process for federal recognition of a congressionally derecognized tribe rests with Congress. The Wappo tribe is attempting to circumvent Congress and the Department of Interior by going through the courts. This is not in the best interest of the American people, and it's not in the best interests of Napa and Sonoma Counties.

Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-01) today announced a $145,837 federal grant that will help provide permanent housing and support to veterans on the North Coast. The grant, provided through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will be administered by the North Coast Veterans Resource Center and Humboldt County Housing Authority. The funds will be used as vouchers to provide rental assistance for homeless and disabled veterans. Twenty-five vouchers were awarded.

Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today released the following statement on the Obama Administration's decision to stop deporting and begin providing work permits to young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children through no choice of their own, and have since led law-abiding lives, and do not present a risk to national security or public safety:

Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced a $325,217 federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant for Healdsburg. The grant was awarded through The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The funds are part of the an AFG program called Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and will be used to make sure fire departments can attain and maintain 24-hour staffing, and to assure that their communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards.

U.S. Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA), Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA) and Lois Capps (D-CA) today sent a bipartisan letter to the House-Senate Transportation Conference Committee requesting that conferees adopt minimum funding levels for bridges not on Federal-aid highways under the final surface transportation reauthorization agreement.

Last night, on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), explained the Bureau of Reclamation's (BOR) shortcomings at Lake Berryessa and secured a commitment from Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and Ranking Member Peter Visclosky (D-IN) of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development to address BOR's management problems at Lake Berryessa and at other sites around the country.

Frelinghuysen and Visclosky serve as the top two representatives on the House subcommittee that oversees all funding for BOR activities.

Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today secured the passage of his amendment to H.R. 5743, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Intelligence Authorization Act that will help make sure small businesses receive fair opportunities to compete for intelligence community contracts. Currently, many small businesses are not made aware of existing contract opportunities within the intelligence community because they lack certain security clearances or access to the classified databases where the opportunities are presented.

Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-CA) today released the following statement in honor of Memorial Day, which will be observed on Monday, May 28, 2012:

“On Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who laid down their lives for our nation's most treasured and highest ideals: freedom, liberty, and democracy.