Agriculture
October 14, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-5) today issued the following statement after being appointed to serve on the bicameral conference committee charged with resolving differences...
Issues:Agriculture
September 19, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today issued the following statement after voting to support H.R. 3102, The Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act...
September 10, 2013
This decision was made long ago because our national forests were intended for “multiple-use” – the most important function of that mission is to properly manage these forests and grasslands, in order to retain the ecological health of those resources, for sustained economic and recreational use...
August 9, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-5), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry, and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary George Greig, will host a “Barnyard Discussion”...
Issues:AgricultureEducation
July 12, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding efforts in Congress to pass a long-term farm bill reauthorization...
Issues:Agriculture
July 2, 2013
Today, the Penn State Alumni Association honored U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson with the eighth annual “Friend of Penn State” legislative award...
Issues:AgricultureEducation
June 20, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013...
Issues:Agriculture
May 16, 2013
Before midnight on Wednesday evening the U.S. House Agriculture Committee passed a 5-year farm bill reauthorization, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM) Act of 2013...
April 12, 2013
Mr. Speaker, over a century ago, the federal government pledged to actively manage our forests when Congress created the national forest system...
March 28, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson and a bipartisan group of 30 Members of Congress sent a letter today to the U.S. Department of Agriculture...