Press Releases
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today announced that he requested $250,000 for the upgrade of the Centre County Emergency Communication System, that was included in the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations measure for fiscal year 2010, which passed the House of Representatives last night.
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today received a copy of a letter from Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, declaring that the counties of Warren and McKean fall under a disaster designation due to agricultural losses from excessive snow last winter.
Washington, D.C.—In a hearing today before the House Agriculture Committee, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack answered the question of what the cost of the Cap and Trade proposal would be in rural America by saying that the Department of Agriculture had not finished its cost analysis but that innovation and green collar jobs would help to balance costs.
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today joined other members of the GOP American Energy Solutions Working Group to introduce their alternative to the proposed Cap and Trade legislation.
Washington, DC—U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today pushed the Forest Service to acknowledge that the economic downturn around the Allegheny National Forest was due to actions of the Forest Service in regard to oil and gas development and timbering.
Washington, DC—U. S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today announced the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $627,000 to the Williamsport Municipal Airport Authority to extend a taxiway.
Congressman Pence, thank you for your hard work and leadership on this issue.
DuBois—U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, said the legislation in Congress to create a cap and trade system will devastate our already strained economy, especially in Rural Pennsylvania.
Washington, DC—U.S. Representative Glenn `GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today joined Reps. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) and Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), in a press conference to discuss their letter to President Barack Obama asking that his Auto Task Force be returned to an advisory role and the Congress be involved in crafting legislation to address the Chrysler and GM crises.