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September 24, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $932,714 grant from the Department of Transportation (DOT) for Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport. This is the third of three grants sought by the airport to complete the runway extension project. Specifically, these funds will be used to acquire land to extend a runway and for associated construction.


September 23, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today announced that the Napa County Catalyst Coalition has received $125,000 in federal Drug-Free Communities Support Program grants to help our local community prevent use of illegal substances among youth.


September 22, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving six northern California counties, has been awarded a $249,229 grant by the Department of Homeland Security to double its free citizenship education classes in Sonoma and Napa counties over the next two years.


September 22, 2014
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The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, a nonprofit serving six northern California counties, has been awarded a $249,229 grant by the Department of Homeland Security to double its free citizenship education classes in Sonoma and Napa counties over the next two years.

Issues:Education

September 19, 2014

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Congressmen Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dave Reichert (R-WA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Greg Walden, (R-OR), Jared Polis (D-CO), and Erik Paulsen (R-MN) yesterday introduced thebipartisan U.S. Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation (OUTDOOR) Act (H.R.


September 19, 2014
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ISIL is a dangerous terrorist organization that must be stopped. It has brutally murdered two American citizens, and it poses a threat to the United States, to our allies and to regional stability.

Issues:Defense

September 18, 2014
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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), a senior member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on Wednesday voted against arming Syrian opposition groups to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL.

The authorization to arm and train the Syrian opposition groups passed the House by a vote of 273-156.

Issues:Defense

September 18, 2014

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's (CA-05) bipartisan legislation to transfer management of recreation at Lake Berryessa from the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today passed the House Committee on Natural Resources.


September 17, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), a senior member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) today voted against arming Syrian opposition groups to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The authorization to arm and train the Syrian opposition groups passed the House by a vote of 273-156.


September 17, 2014
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Sonoma County's two Democratic congressmen, Mike Thompson of St. Helena and Jared Huffman of San Rafael, voted Wednesday against President Barack Obama's plan to arm Syrian rebels, calling it a flawed response to the terrorist group known as the Islamic State.

Issues:Defense