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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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced his guests for the 2022 State of the Union address. The invited guests include two restaurant owners who were able to keep their doors open, a housing advocate, a public health expert, and a former Lake County Board of Education trustee with a guest represented from each of the counties in California’s Fifth District.

St. Helena – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) called for action to impose stronger sanctions against Russia and Vladimir Putin as the Russian invasion into Ukraine continues.

St. Helena – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) released the following statement after reports showed that Valero had been releasing chemicals in Benicia for years. The report shows that levels of pollution from the refinery in Benicia produced emissions that were hundreds of times higher than allowed by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) and Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06) sent a bipartisan letter to Congressional leadership calling for the reauthorization of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in the upcoming government funding legislation.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that the City of Santa Rosa is receiving a $4,313,977 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This grant will reimburse the city for a program that relocated at-risk residents from the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter to the Sandman Hotel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washington – Today, Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) held a hearing titled “Examining the Economic Impact of Federal Infrastructure Investment” to hear how the investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will create economic opportunities and how the tax code can expand economic investment in our infrastructure.

Washington – Today, House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chairman Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) released the following statement in response to the $73 million settlement that Sandy Hook families are receiving from Remington Arms, the maker of the rifle that was used to kill 26 students and teachers in Newtown, Connecticut.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that Santa Rosa Community Health (SRCH) is receiving a $1,999,488 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services through the Optimizing Virtual Care program.

(NAPA, CA) – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that he has filed to run for reelection in the newly numbered Fourth Congressional District. The district includes all of Lake and Napa Counties and portions of Solano, Sonoma and Yolo Counties.

Washington – Today, House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) released the following statement in response to an advertisement from a candidate running for the United States Senate in Arizona shooting a gun at President Joe Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senator Mark Kelly.

Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) announced that over $56 million is on the way to California from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along key roads and highways. Congressman Thompson worked to secure these investments to create good-paying jobs, improve charger access for California drivers, help protect California’s environment, and support American car manufacturers’ rapidly growing EV production.

NAPA, CA – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that he has received endorsements from law enforcement officials in every county in the newly drawn Fourth Congressional District. Sheriffs and District Attorneys from Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo Counties who will be included in the new district are excited to see Thompson represent our region in Congress.

Washington – Today, the House of Representatives passed Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05)’s H.R. 735, a bill to rename the Cotati Post Office in honor of Arturo L. Ibleto, the Pasta King. The City of Cotati passed a resolution requesting that Congressman Thompson introduce this bill to honor Art’s life and legacy.