Agriculture
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson today voted to support H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives vote of 268-150. H.R. 1633, which prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating farm dust that is already regulated at the state or local level, is the fourth federal regulatory reform measure that has passed the House in the last two weeks.
On Thursday, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry held a public hearing, “To review the implementation of phase II of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) Watershed Implementation Plans and their impact on rural communities.” The hearing was the Subcommittee’s second oversight hearing under my leadership to examine the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, controversial federal regulations through the Environmental Protection Agency to limit nutrient and sediment runoff in the Bay Watershed.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Glenn 'GT' Thompson (R-05), Jason Altmire (D-04), Bill Shuster (R-09), Mike Kelly (R-03), and Tom Marino (R-10) released the following statement regarding the Senate’s failure to take action on the bipartisan Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act(H.R. 872), which would have prevented costly and duplicative regulations on farmers, ranchers, and small businesses from going into effect today. On March 31, 2011, H.R.
Friend and colleague Vern Squier, President of the Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County (CBICC), tonight joined me in attending a Joint Meeting of Congress with South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak. Before the Joint Session, which came one day after Congress passed a bill implementing the U.S.-Korean Free Trade Agreement, Vern and I discussed the importance of the agreement and its economic benefit for the Centre Region and the Commonwealth.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson tonight voted to support legislation implementing three pending free-trade agreements with Colombia (H.R. 3078), Panama (H.R. 3079), South Korea (H.R. 3080), and an extension of federal Trade Adjustment Assistance programs (H.R. 2832). All four measures passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support.
In times of economic uncertainty, it is imperative that we provide every opportunity possible for our economy to grow and expand. This includes acting on the three pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea, each of which will provide direct economic benefits for our nation’s economy.
While seemingly well intentioned, the author neglects the fact that this legislation will allow for greater access to our public lands by releasing acres that have had more restrictions levied upon them as a result of being part of a wilderness designation study...