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Washington – Today, Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) introduced legislation providing homeowners in disaster-prone regions with broad incentives to harden their properties against wildfires and other risks. The legislation is intended to help address the ongoing insurance crisis in California and other states, as the rising frequency and intensity of natural disasters has led insurers to raise rates and, in several cases, exit certain markets entirely.

Washington – Today, Representative Mike Thompson (CA-04) joined House Democrats to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act.

Washington – Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act—legislation to protect communities across the country from the hazardous health, economic, and environmental impacts of severe wildfire smoke and extreme heat events. Thompson introduced the bill in the House and Merkley introduced the companion bill in the Senate.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced he joined 153 colleagues in sending a letter to the Trump Administration after President Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that could pause all disbursements of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding immediately. The Administration has not yet clarified which projects, programs, and activities are frozen. The letter urges the Trump Administration to disclose a full list of these frozen initiatives.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) was reappointed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to serve on the bipartisan Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. Thompson is one of four members of Congress to serve on the prestigious commission. 

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s indefinite freeze on critical federal funding:  

“It’s alarming that the Administration has taken action to indefinitely and indiscriminately freeze important federal funds. These funds were lawfully appropriated by Congress and are owed to the American people. In freezing them, the Administration has unleashed chaos on states, localities, American families, nonprofits, and businesses across our country.

Washington -- Today, Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-04), and Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA-16), announced the introduction of the Short Line Railroad Tax Credit Modernization Act, legislation that would make it easier to keep local rail lines operating and in good repair and improve commerce in communities nationwide.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded a $4,160,000 federal grant to Yolo County to relocate and redesign a dangerous and congested railroad and roadway crossing north of Davis.