Press Releases
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) has secured $57 million for local agriculture priorities in the federal spending bill for 2006 which was approved by the House of Representatives today.
The national debt rose to $8 trillion today marking a record high for the federal government's deficit spending. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) called this milestone a consequence of the Congressional leadership's abhorrent fiscal track record.
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today in reaction to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' rejection of the Bush administration's water diversion plan for the Klamath River. The court rejected the plan on the grounds that it would not protect threatened Klamath River Coho salmon. Thompson was one of the plaintiffs in the case.
The Senate today passed U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer's (D-CA) Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act, which would protect approximately 300,000 acres of public lands in California.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today held the first Congressional hearing on the nation's growing electronic waste (e-waste) problem. Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) and other members of the Congressional E-waste Working Group testified at the hearing.
A Congressional Subcommittee held a long awaited hearing on the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act (H.R. 233) today with local elected officials and wilderness advocates testifying on its behalf. North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson, the bill's sponsor, testified on its behalf before the Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee of the House Resources Committee.
North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) voted today in support of a measure that would have prohibited the Department of Justice from interfering with states' medical marijuana laws.
Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) announced today that Lidia Soriano a 2005 graduate of Napa's Vintage High School is the winner of this year's First District Congressional Art Competition. Soriano's painting, entitled “Self Reflection,” will be displayed in the United States Capitol for one year.
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) today announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation that will increase telehealth services offered to Medicare beneficiaries and expand access to health care for all Americans.
North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) teamed with Congressman Tom Reynolds (R-NY) this week to introduce bipartisan legislation that would allow for greater tax deductions for charitable donations of art and collectables.