b'KEYNOTE SPEAKERMike ThompsonU.S. House of RepresentativesCalifornias 5th district M ike Thompson represents Californiasaffordable, quality health care.5th Congressional District, includingHe is also co-founder and co-chair of all of Napa and parts of Contra Costa,the bipartisan Congressional Wine Lake, Solano and Sonoma Counties. HeCaucus, which consists of over 215 U.S. was first elected in 1998. He is recognizedSenators and Representatives. He is a in Congress and throughout his district asmember and was twice co-chair of the a strong leader for Democratic principlesCongressional Sportsmens Caucus and a who has built a solid reputation formember of the Blue Dog Coalition, which bipartisan problem solving. is composed of Democrats committed to bipartisan problem solving and fiscal Thompsons number one priority inresponsibility.Congress is to create jobs and grow our economy. He has co-authoredAs the first Vietnam veteran elected to numerous pieces of legislation to improvethe California State Senate, Thompson our nations infrastructure, boost ouris a strong representative for our renewable energy economy, and betterservice members.He is Co-Chair of our education system. the bipartisan Military Veterans Caucus and led the effort to improve treatment Thompson is a member of the Houseoptions for service members suffering Committee on Ways and Means, andfrom Post-Traumatic Stress and serves as Chairman of the Select RevenueTraumatic Brain Injury. He has authored Measures Subcommittee and as a seniorbills to help veterans find work as they member of the Health Subcommittee. make the transition back to civilian life. As the husband of a family nurseAnd, as someone who went to college practitioner, he knows firsthand of theon the GI Bill himself, he helped lead the challenges that exist in our health careeffort in Congress to pass the 21st Century system. That is why he voted to pass theGI Bill. Affordable Care Act (ACA) and is working to build on the reforms made in the ACAAs an avid outdoorsman, Thompson is to further improve everyones access tocommitted to preserving our districts 10'