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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) on Monday announced seven appointments from California's Fifth Congressional District to the service academies. Congress has partnered with four of our five service academies (Air Force, Army, Navy and Merchant Marine) for more than 150 years to nominate candidates for admission.

The fifth service academy, the Coast Guard Academy, does not require a nomination.

Two Vallejo students were among seven appointed by Rep. Mike Thompson to the nation's service academies, Thompson's office announced. Both were appointed to the Naval Academy.

Congress has partnered with the Air Force, Army, Navy and Merchant Marine academies for more than 150 years to nominate candidates for admission. The fifth service institution, the Coast Guard Academy, does not require a nomination.

Thompson announced his appointments from California's Fifth Congressional District on Monday.

SANTA ROSA — Part of federal legislation for water projects nationwide heading to the president's desk is long-sought authorization for restoration projects to benefit protected fish in Dry Creek, allowing water to flow from Lake Sonoma to pumps in the Russian River that supply more than 600,000 people in Sonoma and northern Marin counties without an estimated $300 million bypass pipeline, North Coast congressmen announced Monday.

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. (5th CD), issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and James Lankford (R-Ok) led a group of 111 bipartisan Members of the House of Representatives in sending House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) a letter asking the Chairman to reconsider proposed changes to the "last in, first out," (LIFO) business accounting measures in the House's final proposal to overhaul our nation's federal tax code.

Rep. Mike Thompson, who represents California's 5th District, and Rep. Jared Huffman, who represents California's 2nd District, held a press conference in Santa Rosa Monday celebrating the success of their co-authored Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA), which is now under consideration by the president after passing in both the House and Senate.

President Obama is expected to sign the legislation into law.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, has introduced the Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014, major mental health and domestic violence legislation aimed at reducing and preventing gun violence.