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Living up to their bright red "Polk Center Strong" T-shirts, a throng of more than 500 area residents rallied Monday morning in Franklin to protest the proposed closing of Polk State Center.
The gathering in front of the Venango County Courthouse, an event coordinated by the AFSCME labor union, area legislators and the Franklin and Venango Area Chambers of Commerce, was focused on opposing the pending shutdown of the center.
Franklin, Pa. — U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson issued the following statement today after attending a rally at the Courthouse in Franklin in response to the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services' decision to close the Polk State Center, an immediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities, located in Venango County:
What began as a Penn State engineering entrepreneurial class project has grown into a national company, and its owners will be recognized Thursday with the Pennsylvania Small Business of the Year award.
Seeking and securing grant fundings can be a challenge, whether it's for a nonprofit organization, government agency, municipality, church or small business.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson gathered officials from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) program, the USDA's Rural Development Agency and the Small Business Administration's Pittsburgh District Office to offer details about available federal funding.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has announced a $1 million grant to the Shelocta-based Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission to help further implement a tri-county Rural Communities Opioid Response program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently announced the Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission (AICDAC) as the recipient of a $1,000,000 grant. The funds will support the implementation of the organization's Rural Communities Opioid Response program.
ROCK SPRINGS, Pa. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson led a roundtable discussion this afternoon at the Pennsylvania State University annual Ag Progress days, the Commonwealth's largest outdoor agricultural exposition. The conversation focused on the progress of the 2018 Farm Bill implementation as well as other pressing agricultural issues.
Rep. Thompson was joined by:
Pennsylvania dairy farmers have been under continuous pressure of decreasing fluid milk consumption in the country and tight markets met by production surpluses and tariffs. Congressman Glenn Thompson led a summit at Mount Aloysius College in Cambria County Monday, reassuring producers and farmers that a handful of new policies would offer meaningful assistance to the industry.
CRESSON, Pa. — U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson hosted U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue this morning for a listening session on the state of dairy farming throughout the commonwealth at Mt. Aloysius College. The conversation centered around the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) new Dairy Margin Coverage program. Rep. Thompson and Secretary Perdue were joined by:
Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3877, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 by a vote of 284-149. President Donald Trump recently brokered a deal with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Representative Glenn Thompson voted in favor of H.R. 3877, which ensures America can continue to service our national debt and pay our bills.