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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Mike Thompson, chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force (CA-5) today announced 11 vice chairs to serve on the task force in the 114th Congress. The vice chairs and Thompson will make up the task force's leadership team.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep Mike Thompson (CA-5) today released the following statement following Senator Barbara Boxer's announcement that she will not seek reelection.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) was sworn in today as the representative in the U.S. House of Representatives for California's 5th Congressional District for the 114th Congress. The 5th district includes all or parts of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma Counties.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, was sworn in Tuesday for another term representing the 5th Congressional District that includes all or parts of Napa, Contra Costa, Lake, Solano and Sonoma counties.
"It is the highest honor to represent our communities in Congress, and I am both humbled and honored to have been sworn in to represent California's 5th District," Thompson said in a news release. "This new Congress gives us a fresh opportunity to move past partisan gridlock and address the issues and challenges facing American families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Kevin Brady's (R-TX) bipartisan Small Business Efficiency Act (H.R. 3581) was signed into law on Friday by President Barack Obama.
The legislation helps reduce burdens faced by small businesses and ensures better compliance with complex federal employment tax responsibilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) released the following statement after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's 2011 ruling that said irrigation restrictions in California's Central Valley lacked sufficient scientific justification.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Kevin Brady's (R-TX) bipartisan Small Business Efficiency Act (H.R. 3581) was signed into law on Friday by President Barack Obama. The legislation helps reduce burdens faced by small businesses and ensures better compliance with complex federal employment tax responsibilities.
NAPA, CA – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), joined by Congressman John Garamendi (CA-3), today hosted Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie on a visit to the Berryessa Snow Mountain Region. After a hiking tour of the region, Thompson held a public meeting to hear from constituents about Thompson's conservation proposals for the Berryessa Snow Mountain region and what it means to the local communities.
WASHINGTON — A contingent of California environmental groups, business representatives and politicians will use a visit Friday from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to push for permanent protection of some 350,000 acres of picturesque federal land near the state's famous wine country.
United States Interior Secretary Sally Jewell heard plenty of opinions Friday on a proposed Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, but gave no hints as to what the idea's fate might be.
Jewell is a key figure in a regional effort to have President Barack Obama bestow national monument status on 350,000 acres of public lands, including those in eastern Napa County near Lake Berryessa. She sits on Obama's Cabinet.