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Bellefonte, PA – Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded the University Park Airport more than $1.4 million in grant funding in order to rehabilitate the runway’s apron, or the area where airplanes are parked, fueled, maintained and boarded.

Pleasant Gap, PA – Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05), a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today joined with school district and nonprofit officials, parents and representatives from nutrition firms, in discussing federal school nutrition guidelines. In particular, the event was focused on the implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which created new stringent standards for these programs.

Washington, DC –Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05), chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, will host a legislative forum, on Friday, Aug. 21, focused on the Allegheny National Forest (ANF). Thompson, along with state and local elected officials, will hear testimony from U.S. Forest Service officials and stakeholders on recent legislation and the future of the forest.

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Washington, DC –Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-05) will hold a press conference, on Friday, Aug. 21, to unveil the “Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act,” which will be introduced in the House in the coming weeks. The legislation pertains to the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) and private ownership of mineral rights in national forests across the nation. The measure will repeal existing statute which allows the U.S. Forest Service to create rules relating to the leasing and permitting of privately-held mineral rights in the ANF.