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Today, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) released the following statement on the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which found that Iran had halted its efforts to build a nuclear weapon in 2003:

"During my telephone town hall meeting in November, a woman from our district expressed her concern that the Bush Administration was threatening to use military force against Iran. I told her I am equally concerned by the president's saber rattling. I also said that I thought the president's rhetoric was inappropriate and unjustified.

Today, the House passed a bill that would provide millions of middle-class families with tax relief and help grow our economy without increasing the national deficit. One of the most important provisions in this bill would protect 23 million middle-class families from being hit by the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), including more than 42,000 families in California's 1st Congressional District.

Today, the Senate voted to override the president's veto of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) by a strong bipartisan majority, making the bill law. The House voted to override his veto Tuesday night. WRDA authorizes hundreds of vital infrastructure projects across the country that will help restore wetlands, protect communities from catastrophic floods and enhance natural resources, including several projects within the 1st Congressional District.

Today, the House of Representatives again passed a bipartisan bill to provide health coverage to more than 10 million children. This bill strengthens language that the president claimed to be problematic in the previous version, which he vetoed in September.

Today, the House fell 13 votes short in an attempt to override President Bush's veto of a bill to reauthorize the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

“Unfortunately, Members of Congress who chose to walk lock-step with the president rather than represent their constituents have kept millions of children from getting the health care they desperately need,” said Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA).

Last weekend, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) was presented with the Sierra Club's Edgar Wayburn Award for passing legislation that permanently protects 273,000 acres of wilderness in Northern California. The award is given annually in recognition of service to the environment by a person in government. Thompson was joined by other Sierra Club award winners, including former Vice President Al Gore and author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.