Agriculture
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...
March 26, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today issued the following statement regarding the filing by the Allegheny Defense Project in the federal lawsuit over mineral rights...
March 25, 2013
We have lost 300,000 jobs in the forest products industry. So we also have a commitment to maintain current forest products markets, as well develop emerging markets...
March 13, 2013
Today, U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry...