News List

By: Larry Lee of Brownfield AG News Wisconsin’s Governor has proclaimed Sunday, October 18th as Wisconsin Hemp Day. The Badger State was the first in the nation to unanimously pass a hemp pilot program following the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, and in a few short years, the state has seen grower and processor licenses increase five-fold to more than 19-hundred… Read more »

By: Wisconsin AG Connection The state's largest farm organization has recognized six federal lawmakers as 'Friends of the Farm Bureau' based on their advocacy for agriculture during the previous congressional session. Board members of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau say U.S. Senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin, along with Reps. Ron Kind, Mike Gallagher, Glenn Grothman and Bryan… Read more »

By: Skylar Jeremias of the Center for Biosimilars Despite the United States have a lower number of biosimilar approvals and launches throughout 2020, regulators have not slowed down in trying to expand biosimilar utilization as a way to lower costs and increase access to care for patients. New Legislation In early September, Representative Glenn Grothman,… Read more »

By: Brittany Berstein of the National Review  A group of House Republicans led by Representative Jim Banks (R., Ind.) on Friday called on attorney general William Barr to investigate a recent rise in anti-Catholic hate crimes. There have been 70 instances of anti-Catholic violence in North America this year — with 57 crimes being reported since May alone — according to a letter… Read more »

The deadline to apply for a service academy nomination through the office of Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) is Friday, October 9, 2020. Members of Congress may nominate candidates for appointment to four of the five U.S. service academies: U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point, NY; the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), Annapolis, MD; the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado Springs,… Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) today introduced a bill to significantly increase career opportunities for individuals with disabilities. The Workplace Choice and Flexibility for Individuals with Disabilities Act will roll back a misguided regulation that significantly narrowed Congress’s definition of Competitive Integrated Employment and effectively reduced career opportunities for… Read more »

By: Scott Douglas Jacobsen of News Intervention  The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom spoke to the release of A Dao, a pastor with the Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ. In Vietnam, he was arrested on August 18, 2016 when returning from a conferencing covering Eat Timorese religious freedom. USCIRF Commissioner James W. Carr said, "I am… Read more »

Today, Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) released the following statement after voting no on H.R. 8337, a continuing resolution bill that will fund the government through December 11, 2020. The bill passed the House of Representatives on September 22, 2020 by a vote of 359-57. “There are some people who feel Congress is broken and last night we saw another example of why,” said… Read more »

By: Leah MarieAnn Klett for the Christian Post A Vietnamese pastor imprisoned for advocating for religious freedom has finally been released after spending over four years in prison, drawing praise from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. On Sept. 18, USCIRF announced that A Dao, a pastor of the Montagnard Evangelical Church of Christ,… Read more »

Today at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) uncovered that since the February 29 U.S.-Taliban peace agreement negotiated by President Trump, no Americans have been killed in Afghanistan. This news comes on the heels of last week’s report that the Taliban have begun peace talks with the Afghan government after President Trump “paved the way… Read more »