THOMPSON RELEASES STATEMENT ON REPUBLICANS' CONTINUING RESOLUTION THAT UNDERFUNDS HOUSING, UTILITY, AND FIRE SUPPRESSION FUNDING

Washington, D.C. - Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) released the following statement in response to House Republicans' vote to extend government funding through December 4:

"Voted 'No' on tonight's partisan funding bill because the bill fails to properly fund critical programs and fails to protect California's federal funding from being targeted by the Administration," said Thompson. "This bill underfunds programs that provide housing assistance, programs that help rural communities with utility costs, and programs to suppress wildland fires. Housing, utility, and fire prevention costs are already way too high in our district. I refuse to support a bill that does nothing to prevent the Administration from withholding critical federal funds for California."

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Congressman Mike Thompson is proud to represent California's 4th Congressional District, which includes all or part of Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo Counties. He is a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means. Rep. Thompson is Chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He is also Co-Chair of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Wine Caucus and a member of the fiscally-responsible Blue Dog Coalition.