House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) delivered the following opening statement at today's markup of "Committee print to comply with reconciliation directives included in H. Con. Res. 14 Section 2001(b)(1): Remarks as prepared: Good evening, and welcome to tonight’s markup. The legislation before us today is a necessary component to prevent the largest tax increase in... Read more »
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15) issued the following statement after releasing the committee print to comply with the reconciliation directives included in H. Con. Res. 14 Section 2001(b)(1): “For far too long, the SNAP program has drifted from a bridge to support American households in need to a permanent destination riddled with bureaucratic inefficiencies, mispl... Read more »
The Case for Fixing Food Stamps Its work requirement is evaded, and states don’t share in its costs. By: The Editorial Board House Republicans are trying to sort out their policy differences on their budget bill, and the press is looking for fissures that could sink the bill. But that’s no reason to shun the harder issues, and one of them is the need to fix the dysfunctional federal food assistan... Read more »
Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Chairman Dusty Johnson (SD-At Large) delivered the following opening statement at today's roundtable "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: A Blueprint for the 21st Century." Good morning and thank you for joining us today. Thank you, Chairman Steil, for leading this remarkable roundtable this morning. It’s an... Read more »
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15), House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (AR-02), House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Chairman Dusty Johnson (SD-AL), and House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Chairm... Read more »
Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Chairman Dusty Johnson (SD-At Large) delivered the following opening statement at today's subcommittee hearing "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World." Remarks as prepared: Good afternoon. Welcome to our first meeting of the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Asset... Read more »
House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) delivered the following opening statement at today's Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development subcommittee hearing "American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets: On-Chain Tools for an Off-Chain World." Remarks as prepared: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to congratulate you on your reappointment as Chairman... Read more »
House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (PA-15) delivered the following opening statement at today's full committee hearing, "The Power of Work: Expanding Opportunity Through SNAP." Remarks as prepared: Good morning, and welcome to today’s hearing on the relationship between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, and employment. Thank you to our witnesses for shar... Read more »
A Blueprint for Digital Assets in America In 2008, an anonymous person or group of people known only as “Satoshi Nakamoto” released a now-seminal document, the Bitcoin White paper, introducing a peer-to-peer system for value of exchange without intermediaries. With this revolutionary concept, the idea of a “digital asset” was born. Soon after, developers and entrepreneurs expanded on this concept,... Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (PA-15) issued the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced sweeping reforms to protect National Forests and bolster domestic timber production: “National forests are in crisis, and I applaud Secretary Rollins for taking decisive action to cut red tape, reduce wildfire risk, and expand... Read more »
