113th Congress
June 24, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced that he successfully secured $16.62 million in funds in the Army Corps of Engineers' Fiscal Year 2013 work plan to complete the Napa Flood Project's Downtown Bypass Channel. Once complete, this project will provide 100-year flood protection to the City of Napa and support business development and job creation throughout the community.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
June 20, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and a bipartisan coalition of House members voted down H.R. 1947, the House Republican's harmful Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, or Farm Bill. The House Republican's bill failed by a bipartisan vote of 195-234.
June 19, 2013
Rep. Mike Thompson's bipartisan provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States was passed by the House of Representatives earlier this week.
June 18, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today voted against H.R. 1797, a bill offered by House Republicans that would place severe restrictions on health and reproductive rights of women. The legislation would institute a national ban on abortions after 20 weeks, with no exception to protect a woman's health.
"This bill is an unacceptable and unconstitutional attack on women's health care," said Thompson. "Congress has absolutely no business interfering in decisions best made between a woman, her family and her doctor.
June 18, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today released the following statement on the White House's announcement of significant progress being made on executive actions aimed at reducing and preventing gun violence.
June 16, 2013
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bipartisan legislation to improve treatment options for veterans and active duty soldiers with traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress, said its co-sponsors, U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Pete Sessions, R-Texas.
The legislation, an amendment to H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014, allows veterans and service members to access innovative treatments offered outside military and veteran medical facilities.
The legislation, an amendment to H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014, allows veterans and service members to access innovative treatments offered outside military and veteran medical facilities.
June 14, 2013
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Pete Sessions (TX-32) announced today that their bipartisan legislation to improve treatment options for veterans and active duty soldiers with Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) passed the House. This amendment to H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014, allows veterans and service members to access innovative treatments offered outside military and veteran medical facilities.
June 14, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson's (CA-5) bipartisan provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense (DOD) to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States, from articles, materials, or supplies that are 100 percent of grown, produced or manufactured in the United States, was passed by the House of Representatives earlier this week. Thompson's provision passed as part of H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2014.
June 13, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives today in commemoration of the six-month anniversary of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Thompson is the co-author of legislation that would expand background checks to cover all advertised firearm sales. Below are his remarks:
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
June 13, 2013
Today, House Republicans rejected consideration of a bipartisan amendment authored by U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-27) that would have allowed active duty soldiers and veterans who serve honorably to expedite the citizenship of their family members and helped to protect them from deportation. Thompson and Ros-Lehtinen had offered the amendment to H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.