Glenn Grothman

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

We love the chairman. We just feel that we are kind of broke here, and a 1 percent cut on something going for programs abroad would not be out of line. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

I would like to thank the chairman and ranking member for their collaborative effort to bring this bill forward. I do rise in support of my amendment to H.R. 3354, which should be amendment No. 46. This amendment deals with project-based…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division H (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. Each amount made…

I would like to thank the chairman and ranking member for their collaborative effort to bring this bill forward. As we all know, we are heading towards $20 trillion in debt. One of the agencies that I think has been criticized for a long…

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. 55 Offered by Mr. Barr The Acting CHAIR. It is…

This amendment reduces the total funding for public housing tenant-based rental assistance, excluding veterans, elderly, and the disabled, by $177 million. Our President, Donald Trump, who was trying to do what he could to balance the…

I don't see how in our current position we can afford 4 percent increases on anything. Like I said, I think there is kind of an inference here that this is overall a good program, and people ought to be looking at this program. Like so…

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. 48 Offered by Mr. Stivers The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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 1247, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $266,000,000)''. Page 1304, line 22, after…

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 1215, line 25, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $177,362,500)''. Page 1216, line 8, after…

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. 44 Offered by Mr. Courtney The Acting CHAIR. It…

Just one more time I will point out, it is all fine and good to say the Federal Government ought to be spending more money. We are broke, and we got a lot more broke in August when those hurricanes hit. I think it would be appropriate for…

I would like to thank the Appropriations Committee for the hard work they have done. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman)…

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 8, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $30,000,000)''. Page 22, line 17, after the…

I think it is getting a lot of people into a lot of trouble.

I believe more people die of opiate abuse every year than murders and car accidents combined.

The idea behind consent decrees is that this system of elections doesn't work very well.

The whole idea is opposed to kind of our whole form of government.

If the program is really so successful according to the Federal judge, why hasn't the State been able to exit from the consent decree?

Like it or not, every November and spring elections, people show up and vote for people who they want to have vote on our laws.

It is a big deal. A lot of people are dying because of that.

I think in this country every year thousands of people are dying of opioid abuse.

One good thing about voting for this bill is the rhetoric we are hearing from this Chamber today. It sounds like the drumbeat from high school guidance counselors, college recruiters, and politicians kowtowing to the education lobby that…

So, it appears that he really didn't want to get to the bottom? He was willing to cover up?