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WASHINGTON — Rep. Glenn Thompson returned from a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday even more convinced that Congress needed to act to stop the flow of migrants to the country.
Over the last few days, U.S. House Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-15, Bellefonte, has had a first hand look at what is occurring on the Texas-Mexico border.
Thompson was part of a delegation of more than 60 Republican House members in Texas from Tuesday to Thursday. He visited the border town of Eagle Pass, the epicenter of the crisis, on Wednesday.
HARRISBURG — As snow flurries began to fall from the sky, lawmakers and leaders in the agriculture community stood side-by-side on Saturday morning to celebrate the importance of agriculture in the Keystone State at the opening ceremony for the 108th Pennsylvania Farm.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Rep. Glenn Thompson joked that he’s been wandering about Washington recently, looking under rocks for pots of money.
Making federal policy decisions based on the ever-changing science of nutrition means mistakes are inevitable and corrections will be needed. A case-in-point is a federal nutrition law that restricts schoolkids’ access to more flavorful and filling milk based on now-outdated science. That restriction should be lifted. Congress ought to pass U.S. Rep.
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to bring a banned substance back to schools: whole milk.
As a Republican Congressman and a Democratic Mayor, you can imagine that sometimes we hold differing views about how best to support our communities through policy and budget.
Last week, Congressman Glenn Thompson toured Otto-Eldred School District's agriculture program. On Wednesday, he joined fellow legislators to introduce a bill that would help those students pursue a career in farming in the future.
WASHINGTON — On a recent trip to the nation's capital, I was able to chat with U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, widely known as G.T., who chairs the House Agriculture Committee.