Agriculture
Congressman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee and former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, lauded the end of the Waters of the United States Rule.
The Environment Protection Agency and Army Corp of Engineers announced the end of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule on Thursday.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson, a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee and former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, released the following statement after the Environment Protection Agency and Army Corp of Engineers announced the end of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule:
Two Pennsylvania congressmen, including Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, have introduced legislation to reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Land trust fund established 42 years ago.
Thompson, whose 15th District includes Indiana County, and Eighth District U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Lackawanna County, are co-sponsors of House of Representatives or H.R. 4248, the Abandoned Mine Land Reauthorization Act.
Back-to-school season is giving some Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers a chance to renew their fight for whole milk in schools.
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) are pushing to get whole and 2% milk back in schools. Those varieties were banned under the Obama administration nutrition guidelines. Currently, schools can only serve skim or 1% milk. The 1% option was allowed just last year when the U.S. Department of Agriculture removed that ban.
Pennsylvania dairy farmers have been under continuous pressure of decreasing fluid milk consumption in the country and tight markets met by production surpluses and tariffs. Congressman Glenn Thompson led a summit at Mount Aloysius College in Cambria County Monday, reassuring producers and farmers that a handful of new policies would offer meaningful assistance to the industry.
Dairy farmers have never had an easy job, but it's no secret that life has been particularly hard the past few years.
Low prices. Cost cutting. Bad weather. Sleepless nights.
It's enough to make a dairy farmer lose hope, and indeed, thousands have decided that the best path for their family is to sell the cows.
But dairy farming hasn't gone the way of the dinosaurs.
There are still 12,800 dairy farms in the Northeast, more than twice the number of Walmarts in the entire U.S.
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Congressman Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (PA-15) introduced the School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019—bipartisan legislation to expand milk options for students and reverse the decline of milk consumption in schools.
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson welcomed the PA Dairymen's Association Executive Director David Smith to testify on the state of the dairy economy.
WASHINGTON –This week, U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (PA-15), Filemon Vela (TX-34), John Joyce (PA-13), and Henry Cuellar (TX-28) introduced H.R. 2081, the Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act, a bipartisan bill that would increase research for a fatal brain disease that is decimating deer, elk and moose herds across the country.