On Friday, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) said he joined a majority of members of the House of Representatives in supporting the passage of a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.

“Tonight, I voted to avoid a potentially disastrous government shutdown ahead of the holidays,” Thompson said.

“Since October, Democrats and Republicans negotiated in good faith to develop a bipartisan bill to fund our government. Republicans set the total amount of funding in the bill. Yet hours before we were set to pass that bill, Elon Musk and President-elect Trump intervened to kill it,” Thompson continued.

“I am disappointed that the Continuing Resolution passed tonight was not the negotiated Republican bill that Democrats agreed to support,” Thompson said. “However, I am pleased that the Continuing resolution Democrats helped pass includes critical disaster funding and funding for lifesaving fire breaks in our state.

“The resolution also includes my bill to extend telehealth coverage benefits so that all Medicare beneficiaries retain access to critical services. Since my days in the California State Senate, I’ve been a big believer in telehealth’s ability to save money, time, and lives, and today’s telehealth extension ensures continued access to care for millions of Americans,” he said.

“As important, this bill did not extend a $4 trillion line of credit to President-elect Trump and Elon Musk so they could extend tax cuts to billionaires at the expense of Social Security and Medicare,” Thompson concluded.

Thompson represents California’s Fourth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.