Press Releases
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, joined his fellow freshman Republican colleagues in announcing legislation that directs the Secretary of the Treasury to recoup, within two weeks of passage, the $165 million in bonuses paid to American International Group (AIG) executives.
Thompson joined his colleagues at an afternoon press conference to express his outrage.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, issued the following statement denouncing AIG’s reported $165 million in bonus payments to ‘contractually obligated’ employees:
“After supplying AIG with $170 billion in taxpayer dollars to keep them afloat, and now learning that $165 million of this was used to pay employee bonuses, I can only say that this is an utter disgrace and an outright slap in the face to all of the hard working men and women of this country who are struggling to make ends meet.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative GT Thompson, R-Howard, announced today that the Warren County Career Center (WCCC) will receive $190,000 in Federal funding through the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Thompson’s predecessor, John Peterson, a former Member of the House Appropriations Committee requested the funds.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, announced today that the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will receive $238,000 in Federal funding for their newly developed Energy Institute. The funding is included in the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act and was requested by Thompson’s predecessor, John Peterson, who was a Member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Former Erie Congressman will serve on panel created to track how Pennsylvania uses roughly $18 billion from the massive spending plan signed into law in February
Washington, DC – Members of Pennsylvania’s Republican Congressional Delegation are encouraged that the Keystone State will be among the first in the nation to create an oversight committee to monitor economic stimulus spending.
Bellefonte, PA – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, announced today that he has secured $571,000 in Federal funds through the recently passed Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act for area medical centers. The funding was requested by Thompson’s predecessor, John Peterson, who was a Member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, announced today that he has secured $1.73 million in federal funding through the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act for The Pennsylvania State University, College of Agricultural Sciences. The funding was requested by Thompson’s predecessor, John Peterson, who was a Member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, announced today that he has secured federal funding for the Lycoming County Emergency Operations Center. The funding was part of the fiscal year 2009 omnibus appropriations bill requested by Thompson’s predecessor, John Peterson, who was a Member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, announced today that Centre County will receive over $2 million in federal funding through the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act. The Funds were requested by Thompson’s predecessor, Rep. John Peterson, who was a Member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, cosigned a letter that was sent to President Obama today, encouraging him to create an Office of Rural Policy within the White House. This request comes on the heels of the newly formed White House Office of Urban Policy.