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BRADFORD, Pa. – Today, U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson announced that Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania State University, DuBois campus are the recipients of a POWER grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The $725,850 grant will be used to expand the North Central PA LaunchBox and Innovation Collaborative with additional training equipment and entrepreneurial programming.
Congressman Glenn Thompson says the recent good news on job creation isn't an accident.
"In September, 136,000 jobs were created (nationwide)," Thompson said Friday at the annual meeting of Jefferson County Development Council. "We continue to be on that amazing trajectory in terms of the nationwide economy."
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, thinks impeachment has taken the oxygen out of the room "on a lot of issues" in Washington, but he still has hope for USMCA, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement meant to update the North American Free Trade Agreement.
St. Francis University is trying to help our veterans get back to work more easily.
The university's Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation received the Veterans Accelerated Learning for Licensed Occupations Project, or VALLO, Grant through the U.S. Department of Labor.
The $1M grant will help the university launch the new Veterans Accelerated Learning Program, or VALP.
"It's meant to make the education system more efficient and be able to meet our work force needs and honor our veterans with what they've done," Congressman GT Thompson said.
Healthcare professionals met at St. Francis University on Monday to discuss the future of rural health innovations through telemedicine.
Congressman GT Thompson was also there as representatives from Highmark and UPMC explained how many patients can now skype with their primary care providers at any time.
This advancement mainly helps those in places where the nearest doctor or emergency room is far away.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has announced that the department's Economic Development Administration is awarding a $2 million grant to the Clearfield County Economic Development Corporation to help construct a new River's Landing facility to accommodate small business tenants, according to a press release.
The grant will be matched with $2.28 million in state and local funds, and is expected to help create 50 jobs and generate $10 million in private investment.
DiamondBack Truck Covers of Philipsburg in Centre County was recently presented with the Pennsylvania Small Business of the Year award by U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson, R-Howard Township. DiamondBack founders and owners Ethan Wendle and Matt Chverchko were also been named SBA's Pennsylvania's Persons of the Year. In presenting the award, Rep. Thomson noted, "The success of DiamondBack is a testament to entrepreneurship, ingenuity and the economic opportunities that exist in small towns across the nation."
Washington, DC – After Speaker Nancy Pelosi's impeachment inquiry announcement and the Trump Administration's release of the phone call transcript with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Congressman Glenn ‘GT' Thompson issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) was recently awarded a $8,409,444 Automated Driving System Demonstration Grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation, to test the safe integration of automated driving systems within work zones.
In May of 2019, Thompson was joined by nine Members of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation in expressing their support of PennDOT's grant application to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (Letter Attached).
Washington, DC – Congressman Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (PA-15) voted in favor of H.R. 4378, a short-term appropriations bill known as a continuing resolution, which will fund government operations at Fiscal Year 2019 levels beyond the beginning of Fiscal Year 2020 (October 1, 2019) and for seven weeks, through November 21, 2019.
The CR passed the House this afternoon with a vote of 301-123. Upon passage of H.R. 4378, Congressman Thompson issued the following statement: