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Before President Biden took office, America was the largest energy producer in the world, and oil and gas — the raw materials for vital farm inputs from diesel fuel to fertilizer production — were abundant and affordable. In the first week of the Biden administration, the president enacted two executive orders that stifled the development and expansion of American energy resources. These executive orders halted new oil and gas leases on federal lands and offshore waters and revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
Matt Bacon, who served in the Army for 12 years, just wants everyone to feel welcome. The always-smiling, bushy-bearded vet invited media and U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, to his Resiliency Farm on a warm Thursday afternoon to share his vision for a more inclusive environment.
BROOKVILLE — For four decades, the Jefferson/Clarion Head Start program has been helping students overcome developmental problems, a service that U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson recently recognized in an address at the U.S. Capitol, during which he said Head Start is "play with a purpose."
Thompson — who on Wednesday visited Pine Creek Elementary School in the Brookville Area School District, where he presented Head Start a U.S. House certificate in recognition of the nonprofit's work — elaborated:
After an appeals court struck down the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) bridge tolling plan earlier this week, Congressman Glenn Thompson called for the resignation of the agency's leader, Yassmin Gramian.
Thompson, R-Pa., said published reports indicated PennDOT spent more than $14 million in taxpayers' money "in pursuit of a haphazard plan to toll nine bridges in the Commonwealth."
A plan to reduce input costs for farmers and food costs for consumers is being heralded by 94 House Republicans, but there's doubt the proposal will catch the attention of the Biden administration.
In a letter to the president drafted by U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Republicans outline nine solutions they believe will lessen the regulatory costs they say are hampering U.S. agricultural production.
FIRST ON FOX –House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Glenn Thompson is introducing a bill Wednesday to strike back at several of the Biden administration's agriculture policies and a recently proposed SEC rule lawmakers say could harm small farms.
RIDGWAY--United States Congressman Represenativive Glenn (GT) Thompson was in Ridgway on Tuesday to accept a Keystone Rural Heath Consortia award.
A Commonwealth Court judge Wednesday threw a wrench into the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's plans to establish tolls on nine bridges to pay for their replacement by a private contractor.
Judge Ellen Ceisler issued a preliminary injunction that stops PennDOT from moving forward on the plan until the full court holds a hearing to consider a permanent injunction.
A bipartisan set of U.S. lawmakers are introducing a bill that would give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) a greater role in overseeing crypto spot markets.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Despite the pandemic and supply chain issues, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture said the ag industry has remained resilient. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle put him in the hot seat saying more needs to be done for rural America.
The Secretary of Agriculture told congressional members even though they're seeing record exports and an increase in farm income, the way the rural economy is running needs to change.