Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today called on House leadership to bring H.R. 271, the No Work Without Pay Act, to the floor for a vote. This bill will ensure that the roughly 420,000 federal employees who are required to work during a federal government shutdown receive their full pay in a timely manner. Grothman is one of just 12 co-sponsors of H.R. 271.
Currently, during a… Read more »
Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today released the following statement regarding his vote on S. 24, which passed the House 411-7:
“Today, the House of Representatives voted to give back pay to all federal employees, both those who work and those who don’t, during this government shutdown and all future shutdowns. This means that employees that do not work, no matter how long… Read more »
Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) made the below statement about the Democrat-controlled House’s decision to overturn Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA), which in turn would allow U.S. tax dollars to fund abortions in other countries.
In 2017, President Trump reinstated a policy to stop all U.S. foreign aid from going to organizations that perform abortions.… Read more »
Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah), along with Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Madison), today introduced a bipartisan bill that would help keep Wisconsin’s lakes healthy by restricting the access of invasive fish populations. This bill would amend the Federal Power Act to allow the Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Interior to consider the threats posed by invasive species before… Read more »
Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today announced upcoming town hall meetings for January 18-20, 2019.
Town hall meeting times and locations are as follows:
Friday, January 18, 2019
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Kingston/Dalton Town Hall
W6368 Pine Street
Dalton, WI 53926
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Cambria Village Hall
111 W Edgewater Street
Cambria, WI 53923
Sunday, January 20,… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today introduced The People’s Border Wall Fund Act, which would allow the American people to actively take part in making America safer by allowing them to personally fund the construction of a wall on the Southern border. The bill would create an account within the Department of Treasury that would allow public donations be used for the design,… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today introduced legislation to award Fond du Lac native James “Maggie” Megellas the Medal of Honor. The bill authorizes and requests President Donald Trump to award Megellas with the United States’ highest military honor for the courage he showed during the Battle of the Bulge.
“More than 70 years ago, Maggie displayed a heroism in the face of one… Read more »
Today, at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) questioned expert medical researchers about the effectiveness of fetal stem cell research.
Key Takeaway 1: According to the experts, stem cells created from adult samples, called pluripotent stem cells, have yielded far greater results than stem cells taken from… Read more »
This week at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) questioned experts on “backdoor spending”, which is federal agency spending that occurs outside of the federal appropriations process. This means that federal bureaucrats are deciding how tax dollars are being spent with no Congressional oversight. Due to prior… Read more »
Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah), along with Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Madison), this week introduced a bipartisan bill that would help keep Wisconsin’s lakes healthy by restricting the access of invasive species of fish. H.R. 7170 would amend the Federal Power Act to require that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would be required to consider the threats posed by invasive… Read more »
