THOMPSON, GLENN GT

B.S. Therapeutic Recreation, The Pennsylvania State University 1981; Graduate Summer Courses, UNC Chapel Hill; M.Ed. Health Science / Therapeutic Recreation, Temple University 1998; Nursing Home Administrator Education, Marywood University

Born in Bellefonte, PA Lifetime Resident of Howard, PA Married to the Penny Ammerman-Thompson for 43 years Parents to 3 sons Former Therapist, Rehabilitation Services Manager and Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (28 years) Past President of State and National Therapy Association Eagle Scout (1977) Scoutmaster and Past Boy Scout Council President Chairman of the U.S. Agriculture Committee Senior Member on the U.S. House Education Committee Co-Chair of Congressional Career and Technical Education #1 Speaker for number of days on the U.S. House Floor Attends the Bellefonte First Baptist Church

I am running to continue my work for and to serve the people of the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania as your United States Representative. As your Representative in the people’s house, I take my responsibility to be your voice and your vote with a commitment to service, leadership, and problem-solving following principled-based leadership reflected in duty to God, Country and Service to Others. I am running to continue my record of working hard to maintain an awareness of the problems and issues facing you, the people whom I serve. I greatly appreciate the significant time I spend in the communities and with the citizens of the 15th District when I am not in Washington voting on your behalf. Since going to work for you, I have driven we'll over 500,000 miles serving our great communities. In Congress in 2020, I reached a milestone largely unheard of speaking on the House floor more than 1,000 days. I have led in speaking more days while the House was in session than any of my 434 colleagues, to not just engage in the debate, but to shape it. I am running to continue problem-solving the challenges our nation faces requiring bipartisan solutions. I am proud to be recognized as a bipartisan problem-solver in Congress. This is reflected in my legislative and leadership record. When drafting legislative solutions, I work with members of both parties. My bipartisan record demonstrates many bills I have sponsored or co-sponsored being enacted into law. Just a few examples of these legislative victories include specific local/agriculture COVID relief provisions, the Service-members’ Tele-medicine and E-Health Portability (STEP) Act, Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP) Act, the Modernizing Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, and two Farm Bills while leading the currently re-authorization to assure safe and affordable food, better Internet connectivity as well as working to restore a robust rural economy.