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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson on Tuesday spoke in support of Pennsylvania's Oil Region Heritage Area Heritage Site before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-PA), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, and Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and David McKinley (R-WV), co-chairs of the Building Trades Caucus, sent a letter to House leadership and leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urging them to include workforce development investments in future infrastructure legislation.
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson welcomed the PA Dairymen's Association Executive Director David Smith to testify on the state of the dairy economy.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today encouraged residents of the 15th Congressional District to dispose of expired or unwanted prescription drugs on Saturday, which is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
WASHINGTON –This week, U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (PA-15), Filemon Vela (TX-34), John Joyce (PA-13), and Henry Cuellar (TX-28) introduced H.R. 2081, the Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act, a bipartisan bill that would increase research for a fatal brain disease that is decimating deer, elk and moose herds across the country.
Area farmers are making sure their voices are heard in the nation's capital.
Two local farmers, both Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members, were among a group that visited Washington, D.C. Feb 26-28.
"Pennsylvania Farm Bureau believes it is critically important for farmers to travel to Washington D.C. to meet face-to-face with lawmakers who represent them on national issues," spokesman Mark O'Neill said.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. – In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Thursday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn.) and Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Ranking Member Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (R-Pa.), and more than 70 Democratic and Republican House colleagues urged the Department to prioritize the implementation of dairy provisions included in the 2018 Farm Bill.
BELLEFONTE, Pa.– U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) decision to allow more dairy farmers the option to enroll in both the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) and Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Cattle Program (LGM-Dairy) for 2018 coverage.
EAST FREEDOM — Every seat in the East Freedom Fire Hall was filled Saturday morning by hunters, about 300 of them, hanging on every word spoken by a scientist who promised a long-awaited cure for chronic wasting disease.
The chronic wasting disease vaccine that ecologist and biologist John Eveland spoke of seemed so close but still far off — at least five years and a few thousand to a million dollars away.
"We are facing a biological and human health catastrophe," Eveland said.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson today issued the following statement after the passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019:
"Our country was founded on the notion that governments derive their power from the people.
"Unfortunately, House Democrats voted to uproot this core principle and would prefer the federal government dictate how registration and voting practices occur in individual states. Today's vote on H.R. 1, amounts to no more than a federal takeover of our election system for the benefit of a few.