Norita Chyle

State College

The latest Glenn Thompson scorecard shows who our congressman cares about… and it’s not a pretty picture.

While he’s been in Congress and, more recently head of the House Agriculture Committee, big agribusiness has grown fatter while the family farmers and people of his district suffer.

Consider this:

Thompson’s new Farm Bill cuts $30 billion in SNAP (food stamp) benefits over the next 10 years. This despite more than one-quarter of the families in 12 of the 18 counties in his district rely on public assistance. In Cameron County it’s more than 50% of residents.

The cuts from SNAP are being used to subsidize Big Agriculture. Thus, it’s no surprise that Thompson’s largest donors are corporate agriculture firms.

Meanwhile, Thompson’s district has lost more than 600 small farms since 2017.

Fortunately, the people of the 15th District can end the Thompson embarrassment by voting for Zach Womer.

Womer doesn’t take corporate donations and is actively campaigning to remove corporate money from politics.

Womer supports family farms, not the huge corporations that are putting family farms out of business.

Womer knows that SNAP benefits are a lifeline to people of this district.

Womer lives in Philipsburg and knows the struggles many families in the 15th District face. He worked construction to pay his way through Penn State and is now a top student in Penn State’s Law School.

Want positive change in rural Pennsylvania? Vote for a candidate committed to the needs of this district. Vote for Zach Womer for Congress!