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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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Feb 2, 2022

President Biden and the progressives frequently talk about equity and prejudice, and they think we have a lot of discrimination in this country and that some people are treated better than others. I don't think that is a problem. I think…

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Feb 2, 2022

Okay. I don't know why the public tolerates President Biden's energy policy. Okay. I think the policy is predicated on the idea that we have some new or booming pollution problem in this country, and that is just not true. I particularly…

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Feb 1, 2022

I would like to encourage the body to pass the Senior Independence Act. When I was back home over the last week, as I toured my businesses, wherever I went--be it in agriculture, tourism, transportation, manufacturing, or…

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Jan 20, 2022

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I have always felt the 1960s was where America went off the rails. Of course, Roe v. Wade wasn't decided in exactly the 1960s, but the 1960s really, I think, began with the assassination of…

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Jan 20, 2022

I listened last night to President Biden's press conference, and I was disappointed that he felt the Republicans did not want to work with him. I would like to open the door, first of all, to working together to balance the budget. We…

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Jan 19, 2022

I would like to address another, perhaps inadvertent, perhaps not so inadvertent, group of provisions in the Build Back Better bill. As we look across the country, when one compares to where America is today compared to where America was…

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Jan 19, 2022

There are several issues of importance that I don't feel this body has spent enough time discussing, and unless they are addressed could result in a great deal of discomfort for a lot of Americans. The first is the issue concerning…

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Jan 19, 2022

So many areas to pick from in which we talk about the first year of this administration. No country can exist if you don't have immigration laws, and I can't think of anywhere where the new administration is more of a change from the old…

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Jan 18, 2022

As has just been said, I think the first year of this administration has been about as disastrous as it could possibly be. I will focus on the COVID pandemic. Over 300,000 people had died when President Biden took office, nevertheless…

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Jan 18, 2022

I was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a child, I was always so proud of Milwaukee. You would look at the crime records or the crime numbers in the biggest cities around the country, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, along with San Diego, year…

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Jan 13, 2022

It was a very disappointing recess. I knew at least three more people who passed away because of the COVID. For that reason, I was very disappointed in President Biden's comments earlier today on television, in that I think he could have…

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Dec 6, 2021

I wish this hearing was focused on Afghanistan. The world watched as the Biden administration botched the withdrawal, leading to the deaths of 13 servicemembers in an explosion outside the Kabul airport.

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Dec 6, 2021

President Biden promised we would not see another Saigon. He was wrong.

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Dec 6, 2021

Since withdrawal, life in Afghanistan has not improved. For example, the Taliban's new government contains U.S.-recognized terrorists.

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Dec 6, 2021

He promised that al Qaeda was gone, but common sense will tell us that is not true.

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Dec 2, 2021

I think after next week we are going to spend about 3 weeks back in the district. It would be nice if people would go down to the southern border, as I did, and look at the path into Yuma, Texas, in which all the photo IDs are being thrown…

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Dec 2, 2021

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 401. personal explanation

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Dec 1, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. As was just said, the United States today is one of only seven countries around the world with such extreme pro-abortion laws. It is a little bit unusual, of all countries, this country, which John…

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Dec 1, 2021

We could talk forever about this Build Back Better bill, but I am going to shine a light on an underpublicized provision in there. I believe in the last month, for the first time, we hit $29 trillion in debt. So one would figure on any…

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Nov 30, 2021

The next issue that I am going to bring up is concerning vitamin D. I haven't talked about vitamin D from this platform for quite a while. I know some people are worried that if you talk about it, it might discourage people from getting a…

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Nov 30, 2021

Prior to talking about the reconciliation bill that passed last time we were here, I want to spend just a second to talk about possible shortages in the food chain that have been brought to my attention. I am not sure the administration is…

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Nov 30, 2021

John Adams said that the Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people and totally unfit for any other kind. How are we to know what John Adams meant by a ``moral and religious people''? In the 1600s, Massachusetts school…

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Nov 30, 2021

Oh my goodness. There are so many employers in my district who would be so grateful to find a few people to work and they would be real jobs in which they learned real skills, and it's unfortunate that some people wound up working for this…

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Nov 30, 2021

Now, the reason I originally asked to speak today was with regard to the reconciliation bill. I think it is something that Americans should be paying attention to, not because of the cost, though the cost is horrific, and it is going to…

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Nov 18, 2021

I think I can find something I agree with my Democrat colleagues on. This bill is a transformational bill. It is a bill made up by people who think America is fundamentally broken and that we have to make big changes. That is what we are…

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