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February 18, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced the recipients of the Fifth Congressional District's Public Safety Hero of the Year Award. Each year, Thompson honors law enforcement officers and first responders in our community who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.


February 18, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced the recipients of the Fifth Congressional District's Public Safety Hero of the Year Award. Each year, Thompson honors law enforcement officers and first responders in our community who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.


February 18, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced the recipients of the Fifth Congressional District's Public Safety Hero of the Year Award. Each year, Thompson honors law enforcement officers and first responders in our community who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.


February 18, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced the recipients of the Fifth Congressional District's Public Safety Hero of the Year Award. Each year, Thompson honors law enforcement officers and first responders in our community who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.


February 18, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced the recipients of the Fifth Congressional District's Public Safety Hero of the Year Award. Each year, Thompson honors law enforcement officers and first responders in our community who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.


February 14, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), co-chair and founder of the Congressional Wine Caucus, lauded the decision by the United States Trade Representative not to increase tariffs on wine imports, a revision for which Thompson fought. A statement from Thompson is below.


February 10, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) issued the following statement in reaction to the President's Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal that was released today.


February 5, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) issued the following statement as the Senate finished its impeachment trial of the President with the majority voting to acquit him.


February 4, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, announced that his guest to the 2020 State of the Union will be Andrew Blackshear, a Benicia resident who lives with a pre-existing condition. Blackshear suffered from a health scare in 2015 that required two emergency surgeries, including open-heart surgery.

Issues:Health Care

February 4, 2020

Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) issued the following statement in response to the President's State of the Union address. Thompson was chosen by Pelosi as a designated survivor for the House of Representatives and watched the speech from offsite.