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March 3, 2015
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Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will join Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to announce the reintroduction of Thompson's bill to expand background checks on gun buyers, a measure that failed to get a vote in the House last year.


March 2, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced that the U.S.


March 2, 2015
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Rep. Mike Thompson announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense has issued a rule to implement Thompson's legislative provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States.


March 2, 2015
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Rep. Mike Thompson announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense has issued a rule to implement Thompson's legislative provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States.


February 26, 2015
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U.S Representative Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced Friday that around $4.8 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration will be given to help the California Department of Transportation and local agencies cover repair costs for infrastructure damaged by the last year's Aug. 24 earthquake.


February 25, 2015
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For many years the natural wealth and recreation opportunities found here in Lake County and the surrounding counties has gone largely unrecognized. The nearly one hundred miles stretching from Lake Berryessa to Snow Mountain in the Mendocino National Forest is a crown jewel of Northern California's Inner Coast Range.


February 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. – In recognition of National Invasive Species Week, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Dr. Dan Benishek (MI-01) today announced the formation of the Congressional Invasive Species Caucus for the 114th Congress.


February 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) today led a bipartisan coalition of legislators in calling on President Obama to protect local clean energy royalties from harmful budget cuts.


February 13, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced $4.8 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and local agencies cover repair costs for infrastructure damaged by the August 24th, 2014 earthquake.