U.S. Space Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pennsylvania, has been identified with most cancers.
Thomspon, 64, introduced his prognosis to his constituent on December 5.
He issued the next observation: “After a regimen bodily and next exams, I used to be just lately identified with prostate most cancers. Whilst this prognosis is a wonder, I believe smartly, and I can proceed my paintings representing the folks of Pennsylvania’s 15th District.
“Any individual who’s labored with me is aware of I’m an individual of religion in addition to an everlasting optimist, either one of which can information me as I go through remedy. I’m thankful to my scientific staff, my circle of relatives, everybody I paintings with and constitute in Congress. My religion in God is powerful and I can take on this head-on. I admire each prayers and privateness all the way through this time.”
Thompson has been serving as a member of the Space of Representatives since 2009.
He assumed the chairmanship of the Space Agriculture Committee in 2023 after serving the former two years because the committee’s rating member. Thompson swapped roles with Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, previous this 12 months when the Republican Birthday celebration took over as the bulk birthday party within the chamber.
Previous to turning into the rating member, Thompson served because the chairman of the Space Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation and Power.