Press Releases

Today, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) announced the Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District will receive $2.25 million in funding for the replacement of the drinking water treatment facility. These funds were allocated from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The current drinking water treatment facility has exceeded its useful life and is unable to effectively treat water for the community during storms.

There are a lot of questions about the health care bill in Congress. Here are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the bill that passed the Ways and Means Committee.

Question: Has Congressman Thompson read the bill?

Answer: I have read and was involved in drafting the bill I voted on. For weeks before the introduction of H.R. 3200, members of the Ways and Means Committee, myself included, met daily to go through the bill line by line and section by section. As a group, we spent 86 hours going over this legislation.

On the evening of August 5th, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) will host a live town hall meeting via telephone to respond to overwhelming interest in the status of health care reform. Participants can ask him questions about health care reform, and the Congressman will respond live for everyone to hear.

More information:

What: A toll-free telephone town hall with Congressman Mike Thompson

When: Wednesday, August 5th from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Pacific Time

How to join: At 7pm, dial (877) 269-7289 and enter the passcode 13293

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Congressman Thompson will host an in-person town hall meeting on health care reform Wednesday, September 2, 2009, from 5:30 - 6:30 pm. The forum will be held at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, Home Economics Building, 3750 Harris Street, in Eureka. All constituents are invited to attend, seating will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

“I am interested in hearing ideas from our community on how to improve health care in our country and how to make it more accessible for everyone,” said Congressman Mike Thompson.

WHO: Congressman Mike Thompson

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Act (H.R. 233). The bill, introduced by Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA), designates more than 273,000 acres of northern California as wilderness and approximately 51,000 acres as a Recreation Management Area for off-highway vehicles and mountain bikes.

The Community Forestry Conservation Act of 2009 was introduced last night by Congressman Mike Thompson and a bi-partisan group of Representatives and Senators, including Congressmen Dave Reichert (R-WA), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ron Wyden (D-OR). Supported by a broad coalition of environmentalists, private landowners and the timber industry, this bill was introduced to protect private forestland from development while keeping intact private property rights, and the jobs and businesses that are tied to the land.

Today Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) released the following statement upon the House's passage of PAYGO legislation:

“Today we passed legislation that will establish in law the principle that our country should pay for what it buys. I've been an advocate for Pay-as-you-go legislation, also known as PAYGO, since I was elected to Congress. It just makes sense- we shouldn't spend more money than we have.

Over 10,100 people participated in Monday night's telephone town hall, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) announced today. The majority of callers had questions about health care reform. The congressman also fielded questions on climate change, renewable energy, the peripheral canal, and the state of our economy.