114th Congress
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, today sent a letter signed by 114 of his colleagues calling on the White House to take action to reduce gun violence. The letter urges the president to close the background check loophole through executive action. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) lead a letter signed by 24 senators also asking the President to take executive action to close the background check loophole.
If Republicans won’t pass legislation to curb the nation’s gun violence, House Democrats say the president should.
In a letter Monday, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and 114 of his Democratic colleagues urged President Obama to close the private sale loophole through executive action that now allows guns to be sold without a background check.
Dozens of House Democrats are pushing to end the federal ban on gun violence research.
In a Friday letter to Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the Democrats urged the two senior appropriators to remove the decades-old prohibition as part of a year-end government spending package.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $100,000 United States Department of Agricultural (USDA) grant for the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services. With the funds, the Department of Health Services will work with key partners to expand farm to preschool programs at fifteen school-based pre-kindergarten sites serving low income families throughout Sonoma County.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $145,101 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Project Based Voucher grant for the Housing Authority of the City of Napa. The grant will provide 17 Section 8 VASH vouchers for the Valley View Senior Homes.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced a $145,101 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Project Based Voucher grant for the Housing Authority of the City of Napa. The grant will provide 17 Section 8 VASH vouchers for the Valley View Senior Homes.
Saturday afternoon at Middletown Minnie Cannon Elementary, the Bike Angels presented children affected by the recent fires with 500 bikes. It was the third bike giveaway organized by the group, who has given upwards of 800 bikes to fire impacted children. Though the Bike Angels won’t be doing another giveaway, they’re setting up a bike depository for kids still in need of wheels. Congressman Mike Thompson arrived at the event to greet children and their parents and help give away bikes.
Flags will fly and the service of veterans of the United States Armed Forces will be honored today at Konocti Vista Casino in Lakeport. Doors open at 10 a.m. with the event scheduled to begin at 11.
Congressman Mike Thompson, himself a veteran of the U.S. Army, is scheduled to be the guest speaker for the event. Christ Taliaferro, vice president of the United Veterans Council of Lake County, will serve as master of ceremonies.
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) voted on Wednesday in favor of H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
Thompson's office said the agreement raises the debt limit until March 15, 2017, and sets increased spending levels for two years by partially rolling back sequestration cuts by $80 billion, which will be split equally between defense and nondefense spending.
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today voted in favor of H.R. 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. The agreement raises the debt limit until March 15, 2017, and sets increased spending levels for two years by partially rolling back sequestration cuts by $80 billion, which will be split equally between defense and nondefense spending.