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The House of Representatives today unanimously passed legislation that will streamline the management of Redwood National and State Parks. North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson worked with California Senator Dianne Feinstein to include the legislation in a California lands bill (S. 136) which the Senate approved in July.

31 Blue Dog Democrats today sent a letter to Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Bill Young and Ranking Member John Murtha urging them to include the McCain anti-torture amendment in the FY2006 Defense Department Appropriations conference report. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), a Vietnam combat veteran, authored the letter.

The text of the letter is below:

In an effort to encourage Congress to lead by example, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) introduced a resolution today that would direct the House and Senate to coordinate its recycling and reuse of obsolete computers and electronic equipment. Thompson, himself a founding member of the E-Waste Working group, was joined by the group's other founding members, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Rep.

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) today introduced the “Veterans Right to Know Act,” a bill that would establish an independent commission to investigate chemical and biological weapons testing conducted on American servicemen and women.

Rep. Mike Thompson denounced new recommendations released today by the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. The recommendations would eliminate important tax deductions for Californians, costing taxpayers thousands of dollars each year in increased taxes.

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) has secured $57 million for local agriculture priorities in the federal spending bill for 2006 which was approved by the House of Representatives today.

The national debt rose to $8 trillion today marking a record high for the federal government's deficit spending. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Napa Valley) called this milestone a consequence of the Congressional leadership's abhorrent fiscal track record.

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) issued the following statement today in reaction to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals' rejection of the Bush administration's water diversion plan for the Klamath River. The court rejected the plan on the grounds that it would not protect threatened Klamath River Coho salmon. Thompson was one of the plaintiffs in the case.