Agriculture
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...
March 6, 2013
Wood, pulp and paper products would be eligible for federal bio-based incentives under bipartisan legislation introduced yesterday in the House and Senate.The bill by...
March 5, 2013
U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) today introduced the Forest Products Fairness Act of 2013...
January 15, 2013
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson, PA-5, today reminded small businesses and qualified non-profit organizations in Crawford, Erie and Warren Counties impacted by freezing temperatures taking place in March and April of 2012, that February 12, 2013, is the application filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans through the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Issues:Agriculture