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November 2, 2023

Today, House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force ChairRep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and 116members of Congress called out Speaker Johnson for his fatalistic view of gun violence and the Republican leadership’s tired ‘thoughts and prayers without action’ response to the gun violence crisis.


November 2, 2023

Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Rep. Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) announced that their bipartisan bill to make settlements from the PG&E Fire Victims Trust nontaxable passed out of the Ways and Means Committee by a vote of 38-0.


October 31, 2023

Today, Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee Ranking MemberRep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement in response to the House GOP proposal to cut IRS funding in exchange for providing aid to Israel.


October 30, 2023

Today, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) issued the following statement on the National Rifle Association’s advertisement featuring Speaker Mike Johnson.


October 27, 2023

Washington — Today, the leadership team of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force released the following statement in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine.


October 27, 2023

Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) joined Burbank Housing, Related California, and leaders from Sonoma County to celebrate the grand opening of Laurel at Perennial Park, a new affordable housing development built at the site of the former Journey’s End Mobile Home Park that was tragically destroyed in the 2017 Tubbs wildfire.  

Issues:Housing

October 25, 2023

Today, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force ChairRep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), and 90 members of the Task Force delivered a letter to Speaker Mike Johnsonurging him to take action on gun violence prevention.


October 25, 2023

Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement after Governor Gavin Newsom signed Mare Island National Cemetery Transfer Documents.

Issues:Veterans

October 17, 2023

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement after a new study by the Joint Economic Committee showed that the economic cost of climate-exacerbated wildfires cost the United States between $394 billion to $893 billion per year.


October 16, 2023

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced that IRS extended the tax deadline for most California taxpayers to November 16, 2023. Following last winter’s natural disasters, the IRS had originally extended the deadline to today, October 16.