Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Glenn Thompson [R, PA-5]

New leadership team announced for House Agriculture Committee

2012-12-28T01:00:00Z

...Credit Corporation, risk management, including crop insurance, commodity exchanges, and specialty crops. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-5): Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Jurisdiction: Soil, water, and resource conservation, small watershed progra

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Lucas announces leadership team for Agriculture Committee

2012-12-20T01:00:00Z

Chairman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma named five members to serve as Subcommittee Chairmen of the House Agriculture Committee for the 113th Congress. "I am pleased to announce the Committee's leadership team for the next Congress. Our Subcommittee Chairmen ha

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Letters to the editor: Dumas: Keep up Democratic fight

2012-11-23T01:00:00Z

I wish to thank you for your support in our recent campaign for Congress in the 5th District. Though we lost the election, more than 100,000 people, 37 percent of the electorate, pulled the lever for Charles Dumas and showed their support for our preside

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Pat Cuneo: Kelly, Thompson get wake-up call

2012-11-19T01:00:00Z

...respect to our political views. They need look only to the tenures of Ridge, English and Dahlkemper to see how that's done. Thompson also needs to open an office here as a matter of respect. Kelly and Thompson should also meet with our leaders regularly

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Glenn Thompson reelected to House of Representatives for Fifth District of Pennsylvania

2012-11-07T01:00:00Z

...Campaign event director Marcy Lynch, 1983 Penn State graduate and Spring Mills resident, campaigns on behalf of congressman GT Thompson outside of Alumni Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center during Election Day, November 6, 2012.Sarah Finnegan/Collegian After

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HUB-Robeson Center closes polls

2012-11-07T01:00:00Z

...finished, she said. Franceschino also said the longest time voters spent waiting in the poll line was about an hour. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Centre, was also at the HUB to promote his platform. Christopher Lee (Democrat) and Kerry Benninghoff (Repub

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Letters to the editor: Please make effort to vote Tuesday

2012-11-05T01:00:00Z

...But to endorse Mike Kelly, my previous representative, before the GOP redistricting, and my current representative, "G.T." Thompson, is a slap in the face to all voters in Erie County. These two men voted straight party lines with the GOP to obstruct Pr

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'They didn't believe me': Jerry Sandusky victim's allegations ignored in hometown of Lock Haven

2012-11-03T01:00:00Z

...world, the nation, than I do in my own backyard. That’s scary,” Daniels said. There is one exception: U.S. Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson spoke at the event, providing support for Fisher. “If we just move on without learning from this experience,

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Congress 5th: Glenn Thompson

2012-10-31T01:00:00Z

...the largest segment of his new district. At present, that includes about 63,000 registered voters, many of whom do not support Thompson's views. Thompson says he knows the importance of communication and pledged to interact with constituents through e-m

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Aaron Fisher speaks at rally

2012-10-29T01:00:00Z

...in its schools. Fisher said he eventually had to transfer schools halfway through his senior year as a result of bullying. Rep. Glenn "G.T." Thompson, R-Centre, also spoke at the rally and said that reform is needed at every level to combat school bully

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Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.

2012-10-11T01:00:00Z

...golf outing at Hickory Heights Golf Club in lovely Bridgewater, Pa., today. Admission runs $150 to $2,500. U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-5th, holds a lunchtime fund-raiser at The Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh. Admission for the event not actually in hi

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House bill would speed disability payments to wounded troops

2012-10-07T01:00:00Z

...Hill. Inspired by chats with wounded troops at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Centre County, has proposed HR 6445, the Recovering Service Members Disability Benefits Act. It would exemp

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House bill would speed disability payments to wounded troops

2012-10-06T01:00:00Z

...on Capitol Hill. Inspired by chats with wounded troops at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Centre County, has proposed HR 6445, the Recovering Service Members Disability Benefits Act. It

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Romney bus visits Towanda Pa. campaign manager speaks with local Republican Committee

2012-09-19T01:00:00Z

...County Republican Committee, which was meeting at the G.O.P.'s campaign headquarters in downtown Towanda. U.S. Rep. Glenn "G.T." Thompson (Pa.-5), rode on the bus earlier on Tuesday in order to speak on behalf of the Romney campaign at stops in Erie, Ti

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Estate tax reform needed to protect family farms

2012-08-31T01:00:00Z

...down the tradition of farming which provides this country’s food. This week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson discusses the importance of providing American farmers and ranchers a long term solution to the estate tax. Without a

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Estate tax reform needed to protect family farms

2012-08-30T01:00:00Z

...week during The Ag Minute, guest host Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson discusses the importance of providing American farmers and ranchers a long term solution to the estate tax. Without a permanent fix families could be forced to sell their farms to pay an arb

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H.R.6079 Repeal of Obamacare Act

2012-07-16T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson, R-Howard, voted to support H.R. 6079, a full repeal of the President's 2010 health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill passed the U.S. House on Wednesday by a vote of 244-185. On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court Di

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Letters to the editor: Why do Erie kids bully animals?

2012-07-10T17:14:32Z

You can now see how your senator or representative will vote to tax you even more ... Mike Kelly and Glenn "G.T." Thompson voted yes to HR4480 on June 21, which allows the five largest oil companies, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon-Mobil ...

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Reading is Optional

2012-07-06T22:48:33Z

Hell no you haven't!" blasted the Ohio Republican. Gigantic bills. Little time to read them. Rep. G.T. Thompson (R-PA) suspected there was something fishy going on. "There's only one purpose for a thousand page bill," complained Thompson in 2009.

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Career and Technical Education in Rhode Island South County

2012-05-04T01:00:00Z

...schools need to help prepare a workforce that can grow the economy. With his fellow co-chair of the caucus, Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), he is leading the effort in Congress to return Perkins Act funding to its Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 level after two

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