REP. THOMPSON’S ACTIONS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE TRUMP-MUSK ADMINISTRATION

LEGISLATIVE ACTION:

  • Voted NO on the Republican Budget, which slashed Medicaid, nutrition funding, and other services
  • Voted NO on the FY25 Full Year Continuing Resolution, which enabled deeper Trump-Musk cuts
  • Introduced two resolutions of inquiry with Ways and Means Democratic colleagues:
    • Demanded answers from the Department of Treasury and DOGE on their unlawful access to sensitive taxpayer payment information and the federal payment systems
    • Demanded answers from the Social Security Administration on their proposed mass layoffs and closures of field and regional offices
  • Cosponsored the Taxpayer Data Protection Act, which will protect the nation’s payment system from reckless and unlawful interference and ensure that anyone who accesses the federal government’s central payment system with a personal financial conflict faces criminal penalties

DEMANDING ANSWERS:

I have led or joined formal inquiries with my Democratic colleagues:

  • to Treasury and DOGE demanding answers on unlawful access to sensitive taxpayer data and the federal payment system
  • to the Social Security Administration demanding answers on how they will serve beneficiaries despite plans to close offices
  • to the administration and DOGE calling on them to stop attacking Social Security
  • demanding Republicans bring Elon Musk and DOGE leadership to testify before the Ways and Means Committee
  • demanding answers on how the impact of firing 80,000 VA employees will affect veteran healthcare
  • to President Trump expressing outrage over his unprecedented dismissal of Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Acting Administrator Hamilton expressing concern over the pause of funding for the Non-Profit Security Grant program which is used to protect non-profits and places of worship in our communities
  • to General Services Administration Acting Administrator Ehikian, expressing strong opposition to the planned facility closures at the Department of Interior (DOI), the United States Forest Service (USFS), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) across our country
    • the NOAA office in Eureka, which services our district, is planned to close
  • raising concern regarding USDA’s decision to freeze funds from the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). The USDA uses the program to deliver food to food banks across the country.
    • Due to the freeze, 330 truckloads of food orders have been cancelled across 49 food banks in CA, including in our district. The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano has 2 loads cancelled, and the Redwood Empire Food Bank in Santa Rosa has 9 loads cancelled.
  • to President Trump opposing an executive order that strips away collective bargaining rights for 75 percent of the federal workforce. The order terminates collective bargaining rights and existing union contracts for workers at more than 30 federal agencies
  • to President Trump expressing our deep concern over the proposed elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library 
    Services (IMLS) and the devastating impact such cuts would have on communities throughout the country
  • to Secretary Bessent over grave concerns for the Department of the Treasury’s plan to indiscriminately shrink the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) workforce and the effects that it will have on taxpayer services, tax compliance and enforcement, and, ultimately, revenues
  • to Secretary Kennedy, expressing our grave concern at the recent actions by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to freeze tens of millions of dollars in funding for the Title X program (Title X), the nation’s only federal program dedicated to family planning.
    • Freezing these funds will unquestionably result in the loss of health care for many of the millions of people that Title X supports annually, making our country less healthy.
  • to Education Secretary McMahon and Federal Student Aid (FSA) Chief Operating Officer Carter over the detrimental effects and deep concern about the confusion in student loans and financial aid caused by the current administration’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education (ED), including the most recent proposal that the Small Business Administration (SBA) will be taking over the student loan program.
    • This unconstitutional move, without any clear details of the plan, will exacerbate the chaos and confusion for borrowers, leading to more delinquencies and defaults. 

I have signed on to letters to protect:

  • Department of Education
  • United States Postal Service (USPS) from being privatized
  • Gun Violence Prevention in our communities
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
  • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  • Against tariffs on our allies
  • Wildfire relief funding
  • Fired federal employees
  • Against office closures

WINS:

Lawsuits have forced the Administration to:

  • Stop the funding freeze for federal programs
  • Force the reinstatement of tens of thousands of federal workers
  • Prevent DOGE access to some sensitive data
  • Stop the President’s attempt to end constitutional Birthright Citizenship
  • Prevent the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

Public pressure has also forced the Administration to:

  • Reinstate bird flu researchers
  • Reinstate nuclear safety engineers
  • Stop efforts to remove air traffic control workers and other FAA employees, making flying safer
  • Rehire some agriculture researchers, including those doing smoke exposure work

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HARMFUL IMPACTS ON CALIFORNIA’S 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

The Republican full-year FY25 funding bill and Republican Budget would slash social services including Medicaid to give tax giveaways to the wealthy, while increasing the debt by trillions. The Republican spending bill provides unprecedented authority to the Administration (not Congress) to direct where and how funding will be spent.

  • The President has directed the VA to terminate 80,000 employees in addition to the 2,400 that have already been terminated. This will hurt the ability of VA to provide care to the 43,500 veterans in our district.
  • The Republican spending bill gives the Administration total control over how to allocate $2 billion in agriculture research spending. The bill eliminates specific instructions that guaranteed research on smoke exposure and specialty crop research for our area.
  • The Republican spending bill gives the Administration the unprecedented ability to determine where and how transportation funding will be allocated. The Secretary of Transportation has issued new partisan criteria that significantly disadvantages blue states like California and directs billions in transportation funding towards red states.
  • The Republican spending bill gives the Administration total control over which Army Corps of Engineers projects to fund.
  • The Administration has proposed cutting staff on Social Security by 50 percent. This will mean more fraud in the program and slower service for the 153,160 people in our district on Social Security.
  • The Republican Budget cuts at least $880 billion from either Medicare or Medicaid or both. Cuts to Medicaid (Medi-Cal) would threaten the healthcare of 241,000 people (32 percent of our district). These cuts would cost our district $2 billion in lost spending and lead to hospital closures, reducing care for everyone including people with private coverage.
  • The Republican Budget cuts $230 billion from Agriculture Committee programs, including nutrition assistance programs. There are 146,148 people on the SNAP nutrition program in our district, and the cuts would lead to hunger, harm local grocery stores, and affect agriculture producers.
  • The President cut funding for NIH medical research grants by $4 billion nationwide, which will cost UC Davis $77 million in lost research for diseases and conditions including Alzheimer’s, cancer, and spina bifida. The total economic loss for the City of Davis could top $125 million if the Administration’s research restrictions are implemented.