Photo from C-SPAN video Congressman Glenn Thompson speaks on the House Floor on Wednesday about the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Thompson is typically right at the top of the list

There are 435 members of the U.S House of Representatives — 435 unique voices all seeking to advocate their own objectives, each representing about 750,000 distinct Americans.

According to C-SPAN figures, Warren County’s representative — Congressman Glenn Thompson — is typically of the members that speaks the most on the House floor.

C-SPAN is the public affairs network that broadcasts the House and Senate.

The network tracks the number of days he gave a speech on the floor and the number of speeches. For the recently completed 117th Congress, he was third out of 435 in floor days and first by 18 with 144 one-minute speeches.

“I’m always quick to point out, I am not the most long winded,” Thompson told the Times Observer. “I like to be succinct.”

It’s a trend for the eight-term legislator, who led the house in floor days in the 116th Congress (190) and the 115th Congress (223), where he also gave 54 more one minute speeches than anyone else.

Those numbers hold for the 114th Congress and 113th Congress, as well.

The last time the majority of Warren County was represented by someone else was the 110th Congress in 2007-2008. Phil English, C-SPAN data shows, presented no such speeches while John Peterson gave four.

Thompson said he hit a milestone that “very few” members of the body have ever hit — speaking on the floor on over 1,000 different days.

“It’s very purposeful,” he said. “It takes good planning…. There are always other responsibilities that are going on. It takes a certain discipline to be able to do this. You can always find an excuse not to go to the floor.”

His most recent speech was on Wednesday and recognized the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Two days before that, he spoke on the floor to recognize a Wayne County farmer.

Two speeches last month show the range of items he brings to the floor: On Dec. 22 he discussed a two-year legislative extension to a desert terminal lakes program while on Dec. 14 he went to the floor to recognize the Indiana Area High School math team for their performance at a recent competition.

“It totally reflects on his character,” Republican and GOP State Committeeman Ash Khare said of Thompson’s efforts in this area. “The point is this man is a typical servant leader.

“He professes that he’s there to serve the people and he does that,” Khare added. “He’s always there. Also, he cares so much about the community whether it’s a small issue or a big issue.”

Thompson outlined two major reasons why he spends so much time on the floor.

The first is pretty simple — he feels it’s his responsibility to “be the voice of my constituents.

“It’s an opportunity to recognize the people that I serve for the great things that they do for their community,” he said. “That’s routinely a part of what I’m talking about.”

But speaking on the floor is “also an opportunity to help shape the debate on bigger issues,” citing amendments to the National Flood Insurance Program where speeches “elevated that issue. I seized that opportunity. It does take discipline to do that.

“It is about the responsibility to be that voice,” he added. “Quite honestly, I enjoy it. I enjoy speaking to the people back at home through C-SPAN. I’m amazed at how many people watch that.”