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August 27, 2013
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has informed U.S. Representatives Glenn `GT’ Thompson (R-PA) and Bruce Braley (D-IA) of its decision to initiate an investigation into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS)...
Issues:Healthcare
August 19, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-5) today announced that his district office staff will hold constituent office hours in North East, Erie County, PA, on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, from 9:00-11:00 a.m...
August 9, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-5), Chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy and Forestry, and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary George Greig, will host a “Barnyard Discussion”...
Issues:AgricultureEducation
August 8, 2013
U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today announced October 1, 2013 as the submission deadline for high school seniors to apply for nomination for acceptance into one of the four military service academies...
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 24, 2013
U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Howard, questioned Joseph Pizarchik, director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the lack of transparency governing of the rulemaking process and the potential for huge economic losses under the new regulation...
Issues:Energy
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