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Eshoo, Thompson Introduce Legislation to Address Public Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) and Mike Thompson (CA-05) introduced the Smoke Planning and Research Act, legislation to help state and local governments protect their communities from the public health risks of wildfire smoke.
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Thompson Announces $19 Million for Power Generators for Tribal Health Programs Included in FY22 Spending bill Funding would help tribal areas impacted by power shutoffs
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that $19 million he requested for Tribal Health Programs in California to purchase power generators was included in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies’ Fiscal Year 2022 spending legislation. That funding would allow tribal health programs to buy power generators needed to boost resilience during power outages. Thompson wrote to the subcommittee in April 2021 asking it to include this funding in the legislation. A statement from Thompson is below.
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Thompson Lauds Passage of his PHONE Act Bipartisan legislation provides assistance to survivors of disaster rebuilding their homes
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) applauded the passage of the bipartisan PHONE Act, his legislation that allows survivors of natural disasters who lost their homes to keep their phone numbers at no cost to them while they rebuild. Often after homes are destroyed in natural disasters such as fires, the landline phone numbers need to be disconnected and if those numbers are offline too long, the service provider is required by law to reassign the phone number to other customers.
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Thompson Announces Bill to Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share to 90 Percent Included in FY22 Funding Legislation Legislation would boost federal share for 2020 disasters
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that his legislation, the Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act, was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Homeland Security Funding Bill. Thompson’s legislation would boost the Federal cost share from 75 to 90 percent for any federally declared disasters in 2020.
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Thompson Celebrates Start of Child Tax Credit Payments Calls tax break for working families a transformative moment
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) released the following statement marking the first round of expanded Child Tax Credit monthly payments that went out, estimated to help 80 percent of children in California’s Fifth Congressional District.
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Thompson Announces Federal Funding for Critical Napa County Safety Program Included in Appropriations Bill Includes $1.8M for Napa County’s Public Safety Radio and Communications Upgrade Project
Napa, CA – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that his request for a Napa County safety project was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 funding legislation released by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. That includes $1.8 million for Napa County’s Public Safety Radio and Communications Upgrade Project. A statement from Thompson is below.
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Thompson, Local Child Advocates Hold Virtual Roundtable on Child Tax Credit Highlight benefits for children and families in CA-05
Napa – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) convened a virtual Child Tax Credit Roundtable to hear from local child advocates and parents about the benefits of the credit. The Child Tax Credit was significantly expanded in the American Rescue Plan which passed the House in March. It’s a tax cut for most working parents that puts money in their pocket to pay for their family’s needs.
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Thompson Votes to Pass Comprehensive Surface Transportation Legislation Including Funding for Six Critical Local Infrastructure Projects Bill includes Thompson’s requests for local infrastructure projects
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) voted to pass the INVEST in America Act, legislation that provides $715 billion over five years for investments in surface transportation and water infrastructure improvements across our nation. The bill includes $27 billion for California infrastructure and hundreds of millions for our district. A statement from Thompson is below.
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Thompson Announces His Funding Request for the lake County Full circle Effluent Pipeline Project Request was included in Appropriations Bill Included as part of community funded projects requests for FY22
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that his request for $320,000 for the Lake County Full Circle Effluent Pipeline Preliminary Design Report Update was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 funding package released today by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. This legislation was marked up on Thursday and a statement from Thompson is below.
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Thompson Announces His Request for $1 Million for the Santa Rosa Permanent Emergency Operations Center Included in Appropriations Bill Included as part of community funded project requests for FY22
Washington – Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that his request for $1 million for a Permanent Emergency Operations Center in Santa Rosa was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 funding package released today by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. This legislation was marked up yesterday and a statement from Thompson is below.