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Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., was elected Wednesday to be the Republican leader of the House Agriculture Committee for the 2021-2022 term.
"The challenges ahead of us are considerable, but we will continue to put farm families first and ensure our country has the most safe and affordable food supply chain on the planet," said Thompson, who represents a heavily forested but sparsely populated swath of Pennsylvania stretching from Centre County to Venango County and the New York border.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Thursday that the GOP caucus has selected several new ranking members for the incoming Congress, including Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.) for the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Glenn "GT" Thompson will serve as the top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee next year, the party conference announced.
Both parties have now selected their leaders for the House Ag Committee. The Republican steering committee voted Wednesday and chose Glenn "GT" Thompson from Pennsylvania to take over when Texas Congressman Michael Conaway retires.
Democrats selected Georgia Congressman David Scott Tuesday, replacing Minnesota's long-time chair Collin Peterson.
Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (Pa.) won the race to take over as the top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee.
Thompson edged out Reps. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) and Rick Crawford (R-Ark.).
The House Republican Steering Committee on Wednesday selected Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania to serve as ranking member for the House Agriculture Committee.
Pending formal approval of the full House GOP conference, he will succeed Texas Rep. Mike Conaway, who is retiring from Congress.
On Friday, Congressman Glenn Thompson was unanimously re-elected to the Republican Steering Committee by 14 of his colleagues who represent both Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
The Steering Committee is comprised of 30 members of the House Republican Conference, including party and conference leadership, as well as committee chairs and regional representatives.
Congressman Glenn ‘GT' Thompson announced Friday that Central Intermediate Unit 10 and Seneca Highlands Intermediate Unit 9 will be among the recipients of a $994,832 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant to deliver interactive Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) distance learning training to rural schools.
On Tuesday, Congressman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., joined Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa, to introduce the bipartisan Growing Opportunities in Agriculture (GO AG) Act to improve agriculture education opportunities in our schools.
The bipartisan legislation would create grants available to high schools to cover the cost of starting an agriculture education program.
Congressman Thompson praises the Dairy Margin Coverage program on KMJ-AM.