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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.
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement regarding the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking’s (ICCPUD) release of a study on alcohol consumption intended to inform the 2025 Federal Dietary Guidelines:
“It’s concerning that the agencies in charge of researching and producing our updated dietary guidelines created a new, less transparent review process to issue alcohol consumption guidance to Americans.
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) was once again named Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy. This appointment was confirmed today by a vote of the full committee.
“It's an honor to be reappointed to lead Democrats’ tax policy this Congress,” said Thompson. “As Ranking Member of the tax subcommittee, I will continue to work to ensure our tax code works for all Americans.
| Draft rendering of the overpass, to be finalized in May 2025. Courtesy of the City of Dixon. |
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded a $25,221,639 federal grant to the City of Dixon to construct a new “complete street” grade-separated railroad overcrossing at Parkway Boulevard.
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) applauded the Biden-Harris Administration for its record-breaking work expanding health care coverage for Americans.
Yesterday, Rep. Mike Thompson reintroduced the bipartisan Clergy Act with Rep. Vince Fong (CA-20). This bill would enable pastors and other clergy members—many of whom opted out of Social Security in their youth—to opt back into Social Security by establishing a one-time re-enrollment period.
Washington – Today, U.S. Representative Mike Thompson (CA-04) was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House.
Washington – As the 118th Congress comes to a close, Rep. Mike Thompson released the following update on his work delivering for the constituents of California’s Fourth District:
Dear Friends,
As the 118th Congress comes to a close, here’s what my team and I have done…
Delivering for Constituents
Washington – Today, Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA-04) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01) released a letter urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to take immediate actions to implement their bipartisan legislation providing critical tax relief for wildfire victims. |
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement on the House’s passage of a Continuing Resolution:
“Tonight, I voted to avoid a potentially disastrous government shutdown ahead of the holidays.
“Since October, Democrats and Republicans negotiated in good faith to develop a bipartisan bill to fund our government. Republicans set the total amount of funding in the bill. Yet hours before we were set to pass that bill, Elon Musk and President-elect Trump intervened to kill it.