Voters across Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District are dealing with rising costs, shrinking health care access, and growing uncertainty about the future. Yet Congressman Glenn Thompson seems focused on something else entirely.

Thompson wants another term representing this district. We shouldn’t re-elect him to a job he isn’t doing.

His record shows he represents the interests of wealthy donors and large corporations–not the people of central and northern Pennsylvania. Too often, he’s out of touch with the concerns of the people he was elected to serve.

Last week, the only “bad news” in Thompson’s newsletter was a warning about Chinese communists supposedly “infiltrating” American universities.

What planet is he living on?

Here’s the bad news many of us are actually dealing with: rising food, housing and utility costs; an escalating conflict with Iran risking American lives and reportedly costing about $1 billion a day; higher gasoline prices; unaffordable health insurance and shrinking access to care as rural hospitals struggle to stay open; aggressive immigration actions disrupting communities; and detention facilities that strain both detainees and the towns forced to support them.

Meanwhile, Thompson’s “good news” was progress on the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026,” which he claims will help farmers and rural Americans.

Critics say the bill instead benefits large agribusiness and chemical companies while weakening environmental protections and maintaining deep cuts to food assistance.

Central Pennsylvania deserves a representative who fights for our needs–not the interests that fund his campaigns.

PATTY SATALIA

State College

Submitted by Virtual Newsroom