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House Passes Highway Bill, Agreement Includes Dedicated Funding for Off-system Bridge Program

U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson today voted to support H.R. 4348, a bipartisan House-Senate Highway Bill agreement that reauthorizes federal highway and transportation programs...

Congressional leaders, Thompson look to block EPA from using drones (The Hill)

Thompson Lauds Senate Passage of Farm Bill Reauthorization

U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy & Forestry, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed S. 3240...

Thompson Announces Agriculture Disaster Designations for Local Counties

U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson today was notified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack has agreed that there were sufficient production losses in Erie, Crawford, and Warren...

Thompson Manages Floor for Bill to Speed Delivery of Firefighting Tanker Planes for U.S. Forest Service

On Friday, I managed floor debate for consideration of S. 3261, legislation to allow the U.S. Forest Service to expedite contracts for new tanker aircraft to fight forest fires...

Supporting Our Forest Producing Communities through Expanded Product Markets, Better Land Management Policies

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to address the Forest Products Society Convention...

Thompson, Schrader Introduce Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012

U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today introduced the Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012...

House agriculture subcommittee hearing focuses on Biomass Crop Assistance Program

For Rep. Glenn Thompson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry, the goal of hearing the testimony was to help create a better and more financially efficient Farm Bill...

Thompson Leads Bipartisan Letter to U.S. Green Building Council Encouraging Expanded Utilization of U.S. Forest Products

U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson today sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi, urging changes to the treatment of forest products...

Thompson Agriculture Subcommittee Completes Final Farm Bill Reauthorization Hearing with Review of Energy & Forestry Programs

U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, today held a hearing to receive input from agriculture stakeholders...