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Thompson Praises Senate Passage of Bill Boosting U.S. Exports to Russia

Dec 6, 2012 Press Release

U.S. Representative Glenn 'GT' Thompson today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed legislation granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia...

Congratulations to the 2013 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year

Dec 6, 2012 Blog

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Ryan Devlin, of Brockway, Pennsylvania, on receiving the 2013 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Award. Ryan is the youngest educator to receive this esteemed award...

Key Issues

Energy

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Affordable energy is vital to our economy and national security. High energy costs slow job growth, increase the costs to industries and of products, and squeezes household budgets.

Education

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Education serves an important role in both our lives and in our society. Working to ensure access to high quality and affordable education for more students, including those in our rural communities, has been a fundamental priority of mine in Congress...

Op-Ed: EPA's war on consumers, affordable electricity and jobs

While most agree that the coal industry has faced challenges, especially under current economic conditions, the argument that people are shutting down coal power plants because gas is cheaper just doesn’t hold water. Why? Coal is by far the cheapest source of electricity. So if cost isn’t the reason, what is?...
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Thompson bill would speed disability payments to wounded troops

A bipartisan bill promises to speed disability payments to troops wounded in Afghanistan…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…
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Thompson, Schrader Introduce Forest Products Fairness Act of 2012

Legislation opens new product market opportunities for American forestry producers by allowing their products to qualify for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Biobased Markets Program...
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