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WASHINGTON D.C. – Legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) to improve the security at American embassies passed the U.S. House of Representatives today as part of H.R. 4681, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 and will now be signed into law.
Legislation by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson to improve security at America's embassies and for rail and refineries passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday and now heads to the president's desk for his signature, the St. Helena Democrat's office announced.
H.R. 4681, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, grew partially out of the 2012 terrorist attack out the U.S. Consular facility in Benghazi, Libya, Thompson said.
House lawmakers are planning the largest funding increase for background checks on gun purchases.
The trillion-dollar "cromnibus" bill to fund the federal government would set aside $73 million to help states improve their record keeping systems, which aim to keep guns out of the hands of convicted criminals and the dangerously mentally ill.
States can apply for grants to "upgrade criminal and mental health records," which are stored in the federal database and checked by federally licensed gun dealers during all in-store purchases.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-05), George Miller (D-11), Doris Matsui (D-06), Jerry McNerney (D-09), and John Garamendi (D-03) today voted against H.R. 5781, so-called "California Emergency Drought Relief Act." The legislation, introduced on December 2nd, was sent to the House Floor without any committee review or input from any state or federal water agencies, fishing interests, or tribes. H.R. 5781 would mandate the pumping of Delta water to South of the Delta.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released a statement today on the $73 million included in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 83) to strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
It's a given that recent rains and prospects of a major storm on Wednesday offer hope of relief for California, but they do little to mollify concerns about the state's historic drought conditions.
It's also a given that the Golden State needs federal financial and political help if it is avoid becoming known as the Perennially Brown State. But a Republican-driven bill now being pushed through Congress is not the answer.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today voted against H.R. 5759, the House Republican's legislative attempt to block President Obama's recently announced executive actions on immigration.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's (CA-5) bipartisan legislation to designate the United States Postal facility located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo as the "Philmore Graham Post Office Building" passed the Senate last night and will now go to the President to be signed into law. The legislation, H.R. 5106, was cosponsored by every member of the California Congressional Delegation in the House.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, the Napa Democrat who represents Benicia in the House of Representatives, said Tuesday that all five counties within the Berryessa Snow Mountain Region, including Solano, have endorsed permanent protection for the area.
Mendocino County was the final agency to vote to endorse permanent protection for region, Thompson said. Napa, Lake, Yolo and Solano counties previously voted to support its permanent protection.
The Mendocino vote was unanimous, he said.
WASHINGTON—Today, Northern California Representatives Mike Thompson (D-05), Jared Huffman (D-02), George Miller (D-11), Doris Matsui (D-06), Jerry McNerney (D-09), John Garamendi (D-03), and Ami Bera (D-07) released the following statement regarding the House Republican water bill introduced last night: