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September 8, 2022

CLEARFIELD, Pa.U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson joined the Clearfield County Farm Bureau yesterday at the Steve Blackburn Grain Bin Facility to accept the 2022 Friend of Farm Bureau Award.

Issues:Agriculture
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GT reads to preschool students at Pine Creek Elementary
September 8, 2022

BROOKVILLE — For four decades, the Jefferson/Clarion Head Start program has been helping students overcome developmental problems, a service that U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson recently recognized in an address at the U.S. Capitol, during which he said Head Start is "play with a purpose."

Thompson — who on Wednesday visited Pine Creek Elementary School in the Brookville Area School District, where he presented Head Start a U.S. House certificate in recognition of the nonprofit's work — elaborated:

Issues:Education
August 26, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) and Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) introduced a new bipartisan bill that would support America's seniors by preserving expanded access to skilled rehabilitation therapies for Medicare patients, even after the existing Public Health Emergency (PHE) is lifted.

Issues:Healthcare
August 24, 2022

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) released the following statement on President Biden's announcement to cancel student debt:

Issues:Education
August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) released the following statement on the so-called Inflation Reduction Act:

"Despite its name, the Inflation Reduction Act will actually raise taxes, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It will cost taxpayers nearly $472 billion and cut Medicare by an estimated $250 billion. The bill will add 87,000 new IRS agents to target the lowest income earners in an attempt to normalize audits – as if they were as routine as a trip to the dentist, except one tends to be more painful.

August 10, 2022
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) released the following statement on the FBI search at former President Donald J. Trump's home in Palm Beach, Fla.:

"It's been two days since the FBI raided President Trump's private residence and the American people still have no answers as to why this happened. I remain skeptical of the FBI's motives and fear the Bureau has been weaponized for political gain.
July 14, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, which increases pay for our service members, ensures military readiness, supports our allies, and improves transparency for military housing.

July 13, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) introduced legislation today to designate the Freeport Post Office in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania the "Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post Office."

July 2, 2022

After an appeals court struck down the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's (PennDOT) bridge tolling plan earlier this week, Congressman Glenn Thompson called for the resignation of the agency's leader, Yassmin Gramian.

Thompson, R-Pa., said published reports indicated PennDOT spent more than $14 million in taxpayers' money "in pursuit of a haphazard plan to toll nine bridges in the Commonwealth."

July 1, 2022

BELLEFONTE, Pa. U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson today called on Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Yassmin Gramian to resign after published reports indicate the agency spent more than $14 million in taxpayer funding in pursuit of a haphazard plan to toll nine bridges in the Commonwealth.