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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:
Friends, partners, volunteers and donors of the Food Bank gathered Tuesday morning at the local food bank site to honor the 2019 Hunger Hero Award winners.
Those honored and their awards were: Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, advocacy; Genetti Hotel, SureStay Collection by Best Western, corporate; Vough Acres, food donor; Marsha E. Goldstein, individual philanthropist; Geisinger, innovation and Joe Loehr, individual volunteer and the MisChiefs, an all-female volunteer group led by local resident Donna Bastian.
"I rise today to recognize the community development and revitalization efforts of Clarion, Pennsylvania," Thompson said in the September 10, 2019 issue.
"Recently (July 22), I was back in my district, touring Clarion's growing downtown region, meeting with small business owners and community leaders, and the progress and growth that I saw were truly exciting."
The celebration during Thompson's visit was focused on financing for a business and the framework that allows more needed housing for the homeless.
U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-15th District, and U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8th District, have introduced the Abandoned Mine Land Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4248) to reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) trust fund.
According to a news release from Thompson's office, the bill will clean abandoned coal mines and foster economic development in communities that have been impacted by their closure.
Congressman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee and former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, lauded the end of the Waters of the United States Rule.
The Environment Protection Agency and Army Corp of Engineers announced the end of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule on Thursday.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson, a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee and former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, released the following statement after the Environment Protection Agency and Army Corp of Engineers announced the end of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule:
Two Pennsylvania congressmen, including Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, have introduced legislation to reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Land trust fund established 42 years ago.
Thompson, whose 15th District includes Indiana County, and Eighth District U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Lackawanna County, are co-sponsors of House of Representatives or H.R. 4248, the Abandoned Mine Land Reauthorization Act.