113th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Kevin Brady's (R-TX) bipartisan Small Business Efficiency Act (H.R. 3581) was signed into law on Friday by President Barack Obama.
The legislation helps reduce burdens faced by small businesses and ensures better compliance with complex federal employment tax responsibilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) released the following statement after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's 2011 ruling that said irrigation restrictions in California's Central Valley lacked sufficient scientific justification.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Kevin Brady's (R-TX) bipartisan Small Business Efficiency Act (H.R. 3581) was signed into law on Friday by President Barack Obama. The legislation helps reduce burdens faced by small businesses and ensures better compliance with complex federal employment tax responsibilities.
NAPA, CA – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), joined by Congressman John Garamendi (CA-3), today hosted Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie on a visit to the Berryessa Snow Mountain Region. After a hiking tour of the region, Thompson held a public meeting to hear from constituents about Thompson's conservation proposals for the Berryessa Snow Mountain region and what it means to the local communities.
United States Interior Secretary Sally Jewell heard plenty of opinions Friday on a proposed Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, but gave no hints as to what the idea's fate might be.
Jewell is a key figure in a regional effort to have President Barack Obama bestow national monument status on 350,000 acres of public lands, including those in eastern Napa County near Lake Berryessa. She sits on Obama's Cabinet.
WASHINGTON — A contingent of California environmental groups, business representatives and politicians will use a visit Friday from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to push for permanent protection of some 350,000 acres of picturesque federal land near the state's famous wine country.
Legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) to enhance rail and refinery security passed the U.S. House of Representatives as part of H.R. 4681, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. Thompson's legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS I&A) to conduct an intelligence assessment of the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail infrastructure.
The Berryessa-Snow Mountain region is the crown jewel of Northern California's wild Inner Coast Range. Residents and tourists alike flock to the region to enjoy the dazzling natural features including waterfalls and lakes and rocky outcrops with views of Sacramento far in the distance. The geological and biological settings of the Berryessa region form parts of an important scientific story to share with existing and future generations.
The benefit of the 2015 omnibus bill now headed for the president's desk is that it prevents another government shutdown — as well as the prolonged threat of one.
But the positives end there for the $1.1 trillion appropriations package approved by the House and Senate last week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) has introduced H.R. 5860, the bipartisan Small Business Healthcare Relief Act with Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., M.D., (R-South Louisiana). This legislation fixes an existing Treasury Department guidance under the Affordable Care Act that limits the use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRA's) for small businesses, limiting choice and affordability for healthcare consumers.