Early Saturday morning, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) was officially sworn in as United States Representative for California’s Fourth District in the 118th Congress.

He and other members were delayed in taking their oaths of office over the last several days as votes took place for the Speaker of the House job, which finally was settled on the 15th vote with the election of Kevin McCarthy.

“Serving the people of California’s Fourth District is an immense honor and I appreciate the faith and confidence of the people of our community to carry this responsibility of representing them in Congress. This Congress, I am focused on building on the bipartisan victories we accomplished over the last two years and continuing to advocate for the policies that matter most to our district,” said Thompson.

“That means lowering costs for working families, combating climate change, lowering health care costs, increasing access to affordable care through telehealth, ensuring fire survivors are not taxed on settlements, securing financial relief for growers impacted by drought and other natural disasters, ending the scourge of gun violence, and more,” he added.

“I’m ready to get to work,” Thompson said.

Following the 2020 Census, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission released new Congressional district lines for California, renumbering Rep. Thompson’s district from California’s Fifth to California’s Fourth.

California’s Fourth District includes all of Lake and Napa counties and parts of Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.