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Dec 15, 2015 News Articles

Renewing his call for stricter gun laws on the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, used a tense federal hearing in Sacramento on Monday to advocate for broader background checks and disarming people on a federal no-fly list.

Dec 14, 2015 News Articles

On the third anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, some gun industry and law enforcement leaders called Monday for the federal government to close a loophole that allows thousands of people to buy firearm

Dec 11, 2015 News Articles

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) says that although he is a gun owner himself and strongly believes in the Second Amendment, he also believes people on the no-fly list should be barred from purchasing guns.

Dec 10, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, released the following statement calling on omnibus negotiators to end the 19-year-long ban on federal research into the causes and best ways to prevent gun violence:

Dec 10, 2015 News Articles

Some people shouldn’t have guns. Terrorists are at the top of that list.

However, a loophole in federal law allows those on the FBI’s terrorist watch list to walk into a gun store, pass a background check and leave with weapons.

Dec 9, 2015 News Articles

The lawmaker who represents the district where a deadly shooting at an elementary school took place three years ago pointedly stood in silence on the House floor Wednesday.

Dec 9, 2015 News Articles

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced Monday a $1,975,339 Emergency Relief grant for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads on federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result of the Valley fire.

The funds come from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.

Dec 8, 2015 News Articles

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are trying another tactic to force a vote to ban suspected terrorists from buying guns, and the House GOP leadership is already knocking the effort.

Dec 7, 2015 Press Release

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $1,975,339 Emergency Relief (ER) grant for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads on federal lands that have suffered serious damage as a result of the Valley Fire. The funds come from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Dec 7, 2015 Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today filed a discharge petition to bring H.R. 1076, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015, to the floor for a vote. For a discharge petition to be successful, a majority of the House must sign it.