Press Releases

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) was re-appointed Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence for the 111th Congress. Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced the subcommittee assignments. Thompson will also serve on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

Today, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) publicly called for an end to the president's dangerous escalation of the Iraq War and a firm timetable for a phased redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq. During a speech on the House floor, Thompson urged his colleagues to support H Con Res 63. This bill expresses Congress' states of the president's decision to send more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops into Iraq and Congress' continued support for the men and women serving in Iraq.

Today the House of Representatives passed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1), a comprehensive economic recovery package designed to jumpstart the economy, provide tax benefits for families and small businesses, and invest in infrastructure and innovation. Developed with the Obama Administration, this package will create 3.5 million new jobs, give 95 percent of working families an immediate tax cut, shore up the nation's aging infrastructure and help our country shift to green energy technology.

Today President Barack Obama signed legislation into law that will provide health care to 11 million children from working families. Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) was invited and attended the ceremony at the White House.

The House of Representatives voted today in support of a comprehensive economic recovery package to provide funding for a major infrastructure spending program and tax benefits targeted at individuals and small businesses. Developed with the Obama Administration, this job creating package will rebuild America, give 95 percent of working families an immediate tax cut, and invest quickly in the economy. Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) helped draft key provisions of the bill and voted in favor of the legislation, which passed the House by a vote of 244 to 188.

Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) re-introduced legislation to grant airline passengers basic rights by ensuring they have access to food, water, and other basic necessities, and preventing passengers from being held indefinitely on planes. Last year, Rep. Thompson was the first member of Congress to introduce passenger rights legislation.

The House Committee on Ways and Means voted today in support of a comprehensive economic recovery package to provide tax, health and unemployment relief to families while also encouraging businesses to create new jobs. Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) helped draft and voted in favor of the legislation, which passed the Committee by a vote of 24 to 13. The bill includes several alternative energy tax provisions authored by Congressman Thompson. The legislation will now be combined with other components of the recovery package from other House Committees into H.R.

Today Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) scorned a draft Bush Administration proposal to open up 2 million acres off the coast of Mendocino for oil exploration in 2014. The “Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015” issued by the Minerals Management Service lays out the proposed five year plan for managing oil and gas leasing in the OCS. Under the Bush Administration, the ban on drilling in the OCS expired last year.