Glenn Grothman

Is that the fault of the preparer or is that the fault of garbage in, garbage out?

If you had any other Federal program and 20 percent of the credits going out the door were wrong, would you continue that program?

Are you familiar with how the IRS handles tax changes passed in November or December, retroactively?

I can't imagine why anybody would pass a law requiring 30 pages of instruction, but apparently people around here did.

I thank the gentleman for giving me an opportunity to address the Progressive Caucus, their budget. I think the budget is unacceptable. It is something the American people ought to pay attention to because the day may come in which a…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 538.

most of the Nation's social programs produce modest or no impacts on the problems they were meant to address.

the government will -- their hatred for the small businessman will be such they want everybody to have to work for a large corporation.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 169 printed in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 281, line 11, insert ``(reduced by $64,688,800)'' after the dollar amount. Page 347, line 16, insert…

As mentioned, this amendment was actually drafted by Representative Buck from Colorado. I understand this amendment passed on a voice vote last time. I do have a nice speech that Representative Buck's office has prepared for me, but I am…

As the designee of the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Buck), I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 281, line 17, strike ``none of the'' and…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. {time} 1500 Amendment No. 106 Offered by Mr. Grothman The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 802, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(decreased by $33,954,220)''. Page 805, line 25, after…

I am going to disagree a little bit with one of those past statements. We have heard the statement made, sometimes behind closed doors by a lot of people, and that is we have an increase of discretionary spending over the last 3 years…

I have 30 seconds, so I will give any listeners a suggestion. I suggest you spend some time at your local tech school or your local trade school and ask the people who teach there how many of their students are former 4-year students who…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 817, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $99,000,000)''. Page 856, line 11, after…

I want to point something out. I am glad I have a chance to speak on this amendment. When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time before school, a lot of time after school, and a lot of time in summer school being supervised by my parents…

No. It is a 2 percent cut in administration, inspector general, and student aid.

I think we have had enough debate, and I yield back the balance of my time.

My only other comment is assuming that figure of employees is right, and this is not the total number of employees, just the employees that she envisions being cut, 1,500. I always kind of look at my State, which is about typical in size…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 171 printed in…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 889, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $12,000,000)''. Page 1140…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin will be postponed. Amendment No. 101 Offered by Mr. Paulsen The Acting CHAIR. It…

Yesterday, we voted $8 billion for the tragedies in the Gulf Coast. I wake up this morning and I find out we are supposed to vote for another $8 billion, which is fine. But I think, as a result, we should also look extra hard to find ways…