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U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson on Friday co-introduced a bipartisan bill to better support kinship caregivers who are primary caregivers for children exposed to substances abuse and trauma, according to a news release from Thompson's office.
Thompson, R-15th District, was joined in co-sponsorship of the Help Grand-families Prevent Child Abuse Act by Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat from Delaware County in eastern Pennsylvania.
The legislation would:
While the area's Republican legislators applauded President Donald Trump's use of force in the Middle East, another Senator questions the imminent threat posed by the slain Iranian general.
"I don't think we escalated anything," said Rep. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer. "We responded to attacks on Americans and American interests."
The president's response was "measured," as he took advice from military and his administration, said Keller.
The United States killed Iran's top general and the architect of Tehran's proxy wars in the Middle East in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport early on Friday, an attack that threatens to dramatically ratchet up tensions in the region.
The targeted killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, could draw forceful Iranian retaliation against American interests in the region and spiral into a far larger conflict between the U.S. and Iran, endangering U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and beyond.
HOWARD, Pa. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson will host a public forum at the 104th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg on Saturday, January 4, 2020. The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Susquehanna and Delaware Rooms at the Farm Show Complex.
For more than a century, farmers have gathered each January at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa. This week-long event is the largest indoor agricultural exposition in the nation, showcasing more than 6,000 animals and featuring more than 10,000 exhibits.
The U.S. House of Representatives was in session for nearly 12 hours on Wednesday.
The Congressman who represents Warren County, Republican Glenn Thompson, was afforded the opportunity to speak for 30 seconds amid the hours of debate that resulted in the House of Representatives approving two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, just the third time in the nation's history that the House has taken such action.
Thompson spoke briefly just over nine hours after the House gaveled in for the day.
HOWARD, Pa. – Today, Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson announced that Mr. Braden Zukowski of Saxonburg, has accepted a fully-qualified appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
Braden Zukowski is a senior at Knoch High School, and he is the son of Brad Zukowski and Shauna Braun-Zukowski.
HOWARD, Pa. – Today, Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson announced Mr. Peter Van Cise of Julian, Pennsylvania has accepted a fully-qualified appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Peter Van Cise is a senior at Bald Eagle Area High School, and he is the son of Ann Van Cise and Dana Van Cise, an Air Force veteran. He is the youngest of seven children.
A Cambria County group is getting a nearly $1.4 million grant.
U.S. Representatives Glenn Thompson and John Joyce made the announcement today.
The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority is getting the grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
The nearly $1.4-million will be used for the Johnstown Urban Industrial Park Connector Street Project.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5430, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 385-41. The agreement is the first major overhaul of U.S. trade policy with Mexico and Canada since the passage of NAFTA in 1993. After the vote, Congressman Glenn ‘GT' Thompson issued the following statement:
Federal Lawmakers from Pennsylvania weighed in with their response to last night's vote to impeach President Trump.
"I think what's happening is they're trying to undo the election, undo the votes that 63 million Americans cast for Donald J. Trump in the last election," said Congressman Glenn Thompson, (R), PA-15.
"Impeachment is a remedy that our founders provided to us in these circumstances where we believe that an executive has abused power. There's only one remedy and that's impeachment," said Senator Bob Casey, (D), Pennsylvania.