Press Releases

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released a report today showing that Social Security will be able to pay full benefits through 2041 and at least 74 percent of benefits thereafter. In response, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) called on the President to abandon his risky Social Security privatization plans.

North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez this afternoon urging him to declare a fisheries disaster in California and Oregon. This year's abridged salmon season will have a drastic economic impact on coastal communities throughout the two states.

Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) today placed a debt clock in front of his Capitol office in an effort to call attention to our nation's mounting national debt. The clock, which will be updated daily, currently reads $7.671 trillion in national debt, which equals a $27,000 share for each American.

The Social Security and Medicare Trustees released a report today showing that Social Security will be able to pay full benefits through 2041 and at least 74 percent of benefits thereafter. In response, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) called on the President to abandon his risky Social Security privatization plans.

Congressman Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) voted against the 2006 Budget Resolution earlier today citing the budget's lack of fiscal responsibility as the reason for his vote.

The House of Representatives yesterday approved a transportation bill that provides $12 million in loan forgiveness for the North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA). North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson was able to secure this funding in H.R. 3 the Transportation Equity Act, the bill that determines the direction of federal transportation funding for the next six years.

Two House members from opposite parties have joined together to call for Congressional hearings on the growing national issue of electronic waste.