Education

Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) joined his House Education and Labor Committee colleagues in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona requesting a briefing on the Attorney General’s October 4 memorandum to the FBI regarding more federal involvement to prevent threats to school personnel and board members. The memo made no distinction between... Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) has introduced the Responsible Borrowing Act. This bill will help alleviate excessive student loan debt by allowing institutions of higher education to implement guard rails on how much money students can borrow. This bill has been endorsed by Moraine Park Technical College President, Bonnie Baerwald. Some people take decades to repay their loans and agonize over... Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) has introduced H.R. 4563, a bipartisan bill that will restore the right to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy. The bill is cosponsored by Congressman Luis Correa (D-CA). In the 1970s, Congress decided that when a person declared bankruptcy, student loan debts would no longer be discharged, except under extraordinary circumstances. The logic behind this was... Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) has introduced the Ending Critical Race Theory in D.C. Public Schools Act. This legislation ensures that the harmful ideology of Critical Race Theory (CRT) will no longer be present in the Washington, D.C. public school system. Grothman has been vocal in opposing the divisiveness of CRT and has joined other initiatives in Congress to ensure equal treatment by e... Read more »

By: Congressman Greg Murphy Press Release Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) introduced the Campus Free Speech and Restoration Act. This bill is a response to the silencing of conservative voices across the nation. Murphy’s legislation will require public and private universities to report First Amendment violations to the Department of Education and publicly share cam... Read more »

By: Alex Nester (Washington Free Beacon) A bill would prohibit District of Columbia public schools from hosting exercises in which students and teachers are forced to publicly apologize for their race or sex. House Education and Labor Committee member Glenn Grothman (R., Wis.) on Wednesday will introduce the Ending Critical Race Theory in D.C. Public Schools Act, which would protect teachers and s... Read more »

Today, Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) continued to fight the growing influence of Critical Race Theory (CRT). Grothman became an original cosponsor of a bill (authored by Congressman Burgess Owens (R-UT)) that will rescind President Biden’s Executive Order that nullified the Trump Administration’s executive action to stop CRT from being taught to federal employees. The bill seeks to block the ... Read more »

By: Committee on Oversight and Reform Press Release WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement after Democrats advanced a $350 billion bailout for state and local governments and $570 million in additional paid leave for federal and postal workers. The partisan legislation passed the Oversight Committee without a single Repu... Read more »

Congressmen Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) has officially introduced the Responsible Borrowing Act. This bill will help alleviate excessive student loan debt by allowing institutions of higher education to implement guard rails on how much money students can borrow. Some people take decades to repay their loans and agonize over how much money they borrowed. Some realize that they are putting their life o... Read more »

Over the last three days, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) has taken part in the Committee on Education and Labor’s markup of H.R. 4674, the so-called College Affordability Act. H.R. 4674 is a large bill that would bring about sweeping changes to the U.S. higher education system. It has received zero Republican cosponsors and key Republican amendments were rejected in committee. Grothman ... Read more »