118th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) have introduced the All Children Are Equal (ACE) Act, a bill that will fix the way federal grants are distributed under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which are intended to combat the effects of poverty on student achievement.
Making federal policy decisions based on the ever-changing science of nutrition means mistakes are inevitable and corrections will be needed. A case-in-point is a federal nutrition law that restricts schoolkids’ access to more flavorful and filling milk based on now-outdated science. That restriction should be lifted. Congress ought to pass U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson’s Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which would restore healthy full-fat milk to public school cafeterias.
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution entrusts Congress with the authority to make appropriations through law. It is the legislative branch’s duty to determine how discretionary federal funds are allocated to local government entities, nonprofit organizations, or geographic locations.
The office of Congressman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) is no longer accepting programmatic, language, and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY’24).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), Mike Thompson (CA-05), Brett Guthrie (KY-02), and Angie Craig (MN-02) today introduced H.R. 4315, the Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act. This bipartisan bill will ensure Medicare beneficiaries can access the orthotics and prosthetics devices they need. Under current Medicare requirements, beneficiaries are at risk of receiving orthotic and prosthetic devices without the necessary services and customization required for the best use.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) and David Trone (MD-06) today introduced the Federal Prisons Accountability Act, a bill that aims to change the nomination process for the Director of the Bureau of Prisons.
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to bring a banned substance back to schools: whole milk.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson today issued a statement following the Committee on Education and the Workforce's approval of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15) and Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today introduced Eric's Law, a bill that aims to deliver justice to victims and their families in federal death penalty cases.