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114th Congress

May 13, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) today voted to pass H.R. 2048, the bipartisan USA Freedom Act. The USA Freedom Act ends the bulk collection of call detail records (telephone metadata) and includes enhanced transparency measures. H.R. 2048 passed by a bipartisan vote of 338-88.


May 13, 2015

Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) today applauded the California State Senate for passing SCR 48, which recogizes the importance of geothermal energy to California by marking May 2015 as Geothermal Awareness Month and May 21, 2015 as Geothermal Awareness Day.


May 10, 2015
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Rep. Mike Thompson will try again to switch federal agencies in charge of managing Lake Berryessa, and again he will have the support of Napa County.

Thompson wants the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, not the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, to manage recreation at the eastern Napa County reservoir. He plans to reintroduce legislation in Congress to make the switch.


May 8, 2015
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U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Don Young (R-AK-AL) think there should be more veterans working on Capitol Hill, so this week they announced the bipartisan Veterans Congressional Fellowship Caucus is accepting applications for 2015 fellows.


May 6, 2015

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Don Young (R-AK-AL) today announced the bipartisan Veterans Congressional Fellowship Caucus is now accepting applications for 2015 fellows. The mission of the Caucus is to increase the number of veterans working on Capitol Hill. To do this, veterans Thompson (U.S. Army 1967-1973) and Young (U.S.

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May 6, 2015
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U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5) and Don Young (R-AK-AL) on Wednesday announced the bipartisan Veterans Congressional Fellowship Caucus is now accepting applications for 2015 fellows.

The mission of the caucus is to increase the number of veterans working on Capitol Hill.


May 5, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today announced Viviana Garcia from Vintage High School in Napa County as the winner of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition. Garcia's work, titled "Self Portrait" will represent California's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol, where it will be displayed starting this June for one year.


May 5, 2015
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Viviana Garcia from Vintage High School is the winner of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced on Tuesday.

Garcia's work, titled "Self Portrait" will represent California's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. Capitol, where it will be displayed starting this June for one year.


May 4, 2015
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Two major public transit-related projects are well underway in Vallejo, and a bus tour Monday of the sites appears to have duly dazzled the dignitaries who came along.


May 1, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) today released the following statement after the Department of Transportation's (DOT) new regulations issued today for trains carrying highly-flammable crude oil.