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U.S. Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson brought together over 50 federal, state and local officials with carbon industry leaders and Pennsylvania State University scientists to discuss recent innovations that could reignite the coal and carbon industries. Included in the summit on Friday were Mary Neumayr, chair of White House Council on Environmental Quality; Dr. Lee Kump, dean of the College of Earth & Mineral Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University; representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy; representatives from the U.S.
Government and business leaders gathered in Elk County Friday morning to talk about the future of the coal and carbon industry.
Today was the Carbon and Coal Innovation Summit in St. Marys.
U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson and White House Environmental Quality chair Mary Neumayr spoke at the summit.
They discussed how to support and grow the carbon industry in the area.
Pennsylvania Republican members of the House of Representatives aren't having it when it comes to House Chairman Adam Schiff and Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats' "secret behind closed doors" impeachment inquiry.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Glenn ‘GT' Thompson, Dean of the Pennsylvania Republicans, requested that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence provide increased transparency and unrestricted access of Ambassador Kurt Volker's testimony transcript to all members of Congress.
The entirety of the Pennsylvania Republican delegation joined Thompson in this request. The letter in full can be found here.
The Venango County Economic Development Authority has received a $1.5 million POWER grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
The grant, which was announced Wednesday by Congressman Glenn Thompson, will be used to renovate the now-vacant Oil City National Bank building known as Cornplanter Square into the economic authority's new Business Innovation Center.
BRADFORD, Pa. – Today, U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson announced that the Venango County Economic Development Authority (VCEDA) is the recipient of a POWER grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The $1.5 million grant will be used to renovate the now-vacant Oil City National Bank building into a the VCEDA's new Business Innovation Center. The mixed-use space will house a brew pub, event space, and innovation center designed with future entrepreneurs in mind.
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.