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Thompson Announces More Than $12 million for Public Transit in California’s Fifth District
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that the City of Santa Rosa and the City of Napa will receive a combined total of $12,744,156 in federal funding to purchase additional buses and upgrade and modify bus-related facilitates. The funding, which comes from the Federal Transit Administration’s Buses and Bus Facilities Program, allocates $4,288,300 for Santa Rosa and $8,455,856 for Napa.
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Thompson Leads Letter to Allow QR Codes on Grave Markers for all Fallen Heroes and Veterans
Washington – This week, Rep. Mike Thompson led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough calling for providing families of veterans with the option of utilizing Quick Response Codes (QR Codes) on grave markers or headstones to better tell the stories of our fallen servicemembers.
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Thompson Announces 2022 Congressional Art Competition
St. Helena – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced the start of his 2022 Congressional Art Competition and encouraged local high school students to submit their artwork. Each year, this competition allows the chance for students to have their art displayed in the United States Capitol for an entire year.
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Thompson Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Ensure Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics
Washington – This week, Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-05) and Kathy Castor (FL-14) alongside two students from Sonoma Academy introduced House Resolution 975 that addresses the impact of recurrent climate-related disasters on the mental health of young people. This comes as Congressman Thompson and Congresswoman Castor hold a town hall tonight on climate change for the residents of California’s Fifth District.
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Thompson Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Ensure Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics
Washington – This week, Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-05) and David McKinley (WV-01) and Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the bipartisan Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics to increase access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs).
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Thompson Votes to Pass Bill to Further Isolate Russia from the Global Economy
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) voted to pass the bipartisan, bicameral Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act to further isolate Russia from the global economy by banning the importation of Russian energy products, seeking to suspend Russia from the World Trade Organization, and reauthorizing the Magnitsky Act to allow the U.S. government to sanction human rights offenders, freeze their assets, and ban them entering the country.
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Thompson Secures $10.8 Million for California’s Fifth District Projects and Priorities
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) voted to secure over $10.8 million in Community Project Funding for California’s Fifth District. This funding, included in H.R. 2471 Funding For The People, will provide our communities with the resources they need to build a bright future.
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Congressman Mike Thompson Endorsed by Mayors From Every County in Newly Drawn Fourth Congressional District
NAPA, CA – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that he has received endorsements from mayors in every county in the newly drawn Fourth Congressional District. Mayors from Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo Counties who will be included in the new district are excited to see Thompson return to the region.
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Thompson Calls on CPUC for Equitable Solution on Residential Solar Panels
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) continued his efforts to ensure that the Californians who did the right thing and installed solar panels do not face an increased tax on them. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed to significantly cut the net metering rate and apply a new tax on solar panels, leading to an average of a $90/month increase while decreasing the financial returns from selling excess energy.
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Thompson Applauds President Biden’s State of the Union Address
Washington – Following President Biden’s State of the Union Address, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) released the following statement. Congressman Thompson was chosen by Speaker Pelosi to serve as a designated survivor for the State of the Union address.