Press Releases
August 2, 2013
Washington, D.C. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened the 2013 application period for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program. The deadline for all SAFER grant applications has been set for Friday, August 30, 2013, at 5 p.m.
July 31, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today voted to support H.R. 1911, the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, which passed the House by a vote of 392 -31...
Issues:Education
July 31, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $197,500 to the Bradford Regional Airport (BFD) in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania...
July 26, 2013
The bipartisan Congressional Natural Gas Caucus, which is chaired by U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY) and Jim Costa (D-CA), today convened a congressional field hearing at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in...
Issues:EnergyMarcellus Shale
July 23, 2013
The House Natural Resources Committee today held an oversight hearing on the status of the Obama Administration’s rewrite of a sweeping coal regulation known as the Stream Buffer Zone Rule, during which U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson...
Issues:Energy
Media Advisory: Congressional Natural Gas Caucus to Hold Field Hearing in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
July 19, 2013
The bipartisan Congressional Natural Gas Caucus, which is chaired by U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), Gene Green (D-TX), Tom Reed (R-NY) and Jim Costa (D-CA), today announced plans to hold a field hearing, “Natural Gas Field Hearing...
Issues:EnergyMarcellus Shale
July 19, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today voted to support H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, which would reform and reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary...
July 18, 2013
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that Pennsylvania residents and small businesses affected by severe storms and flooding between June 27th and July 12th can apply for low-interest disaster loans...
July 17, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today voted to delay both the employer mandate and the individual mandate under the President’s 2010 health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
Issues:Healthcare
July 12, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry, today released the following statement regarding efforts in Congress to pass a long-term farm bill reauthorization...
Issues:Agriculture