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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

September 17, 2014
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Jerry McNerney were the only greater Bay Area House members who voted Wednesday in favor of President Obama's plan to beat back the Islamic State in part by training and equipping moderate Syrian rebels.

Issues:Defense

September 12, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), today released the following statements on the White House's partial approval of the federal disaster assistance requested by the State of California for areas impacted by the August 24th earthquake: