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Glenn Grothman

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Glenn S. Grothman is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Grothman has focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility, education reform, and government accountability during his time in office. He has been an advocate for reducing federal spending and has expressed strong opinions on various social issues.

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Jul 13, 2022

In the zeal to spend more money on our military, some of which is admirable, it is easy to forget that we still have a crisis at the southern border. Again and again, month after month, 160,000, 180,000 people are coming here. It should be…

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Jul 12, 2022

It would seem to me that if I was engaging in illegal behavior and my only penalty is a civil penalty, I would think a lot of people who engage in criminal behavior kind of live day by day or spend all their money they get or whatever, in…

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Jul 12, 2022

There should be some sort of long prison sentence if you're ripping off people for hundreds of thousands of dollars, shouldn't it?

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Jul 12, 2022

I am sure every Congressman who has been back in their district for the last 2 weeks heard the same thing as the number one issue that is facing the American public right now, and that is inflation, be it gas, even more food, even more…

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Jul 12, 2022

There is no hell too hot for those people who would target our veterans with one of these rip-off schemes.

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Jun 23, 2022

I guess we can about wrap this up. I want the American public, though, to stop and think where we are today. We are going to pass a bill in which 7- or 8- or 9-year-olds are supposed to declare a sexual preference. I will close by saying…

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Jun 23, 2022

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 4176. This horrifying bill would require all Federal agencies that collect demographic data to ask Americans about their sexual orientation or gender identity…

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Jun 23, 2022

Not a lot has been said about the conflict in Ukraine right now, but it doesn't mean we should take our eye off the ball. There is a division, I think, on elected officials between two groups, and it is important for the press to identify…

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Jun 22, 2022

Every weekend we go home, and I am about to go back to Wisconsin for a couple more weeks. When we get back home, of course, we always talk to our constituents. I would like to address my speech tonight to the issue that is most on their…

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Jun 21, 2022

This is directed to the press as much as to the Chair and whoever is listening at home. Everybody knows we have a lot of inflation. We are supposed to repeat again and again that inflation was at 8.6 percent in May, which is the highest it…

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Jun 16, 2022

I would like to comment on the recent developments regarding those brave Border Patrol officers who used their reins to prevent people sneaking into a country illegally, prevent them from getting stomped under their horses' hooves. I have…

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Jun 15, 2022

I want to give a story to my good friends in the press corps because they always feel they have a shortage of interesting things in the paper. This concerns the excessive inflation we have under the current administration. The current…

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Jun 15, 2022

We will talk a little bit about the border again and what I think is kind of an inappropriate way to handle some recent events that happened down there. First of all, we have got to give the backdrop, right. We are all familiar with the…

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Jun 14, 2022

The talk of everyone back home is over inflation. I want to give the press corps something to do. We are told the current inflation rate is 8.2 percent, the highest it has been in 40 years. I believe the number is higher than that. They…

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Jun 13, 2022

Nobody gives a damn about the working man nowadays.

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Jun 13, 2022

We heard a little bit about inflation, and we are going to talk about the economy a little bit more. As has been widely reported, inflation is at a 40-year high, the worst it has been since 1981. Over 8 percent. However, I feel that we are…

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Jun 13, 2022

I have actually talked to an employer that many people who are here not legally are being employed...

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Jun 9, 2022

I'd just like to thank you for this hearing. I'd like to thank all the witnesses. I think it was very illuminating.

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Jun 9, 2022

America has been through a tough time the last few weeks due to serious incidents that happened in Buffalo and in Texas. But last week, I was down at the Mexican border, and I talked to some Border Patrol guys, who, because we were…

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Jun 9, 2022

You all are not only fighting to get aid where it is needed, but you are truly on the front lines of the fight.

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Jun 9, 2022

Weapons and military equipment are essential, but without food, clean drinking water, and medical supplies, Ukrainians would be in a much worse position than they are today.

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Jun 8, 2022

There are a variety of topics that I think have not been discussed enough lately but I think should be addressed on the floor. We have been gone for 2 weeks prior to reconvening this week, and in that time I took one more trip to the…

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Jun 7, 2022

Well, Madam Speaker, one more time I will make my weekly statement with regard to Vitamin D. The COVID epidemic is on the downslide but, in the most recent week, we still had 1,600 Americans die. I call America's attention, and the…

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May 25, 2022

Our forefathers didn't come here to copy Europe. [...] we have less government and government does less in America than it does in Europe.

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May 25, 2022

I just got out of a Budget Committee, and we of course dealt with the huge inflation caused by excessive government spending.

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