By: EPA Press Release -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that the Newport State Park area in Door County and the Inland area of Sheboygan County are now meeting federal air quality standards for ground-level ozone, which means cleaner and healthier air for Wisconsin residents.
“These beautiful areas of Wisconsin, home to more than… Read more »
By: Jason Calvi, For Fox 6 Milwaukee -- Republicans in the U.S. Senate plan to unveil their police reform bill later this week. There are similarities with Democrats' plan: both would restrict chokeholds, set up a federal database and make lynching a federal hate crime. So can both parties agree on something as protests in the country call for change?
Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin… Read more »
By: WISN-12 -- U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, said a de-escalation training provision she has added to a bill on police brutality could help prevent officer-involved deaths. But U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, called the bill a "disaster" that will lead to timid police forces.
The Congressional Black Caucus has introduced the "Justice in Policing Act" following the death of… Read more »
Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today announced that he will now serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security. This makes Grothman the top Republican on the Subcommittee.
The Subcommittee on National Security has jurisdiction over national security, homeland security, foreign operations, including the relationships… Read more »
By: Haley BeMiller, For PolitiFact -- People across the globe continue to seek answers on how to defeat the coronavirus that has sickened millions.
One proposed solution has gained attention in recent weeks: Vitamin D.
A link between vitamin D and COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, caught the eye of U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah.
In a May 21,… Read more »
By: Rep. Mike Conaway Press Release -- Friday, Congressman Mike Conaway (TX-11) led 115 Members of the House of Representatives in sending a letter to House Leadership underscoring the importance of including pro-life protections, including the Hyde Amendment and Conaway's bill, H.R. 6742, the Protecting Life in Crisis Act, in any future stimulus packages related to… Read more »
By: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Press Release -- Muskegon, Mich. (June 3, 2020) — Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced membership of the Great Lakes Advisory Board (GLAB), an EPA federal advisory committee, at Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resource Institute with U.S. Congressmen Bill Huizenga… Read more »
By: Rep. Jack Bergman Press Release -- Today, Congressman Jack Bergman led 38 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Donald Trump, supporting his recent move to cut unnecessary and burdensome agency practices to prepare our nation for a strong economic comeback. On May 19th, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Regulatory Relief to Support Economic… Read more »
Congressman Glenn Grothman’s (R-Glenbeulah) previously scheduled town hall meetings for May 27 and 28 have been changed from in-person to telephone town halls. There was no formal announcement for these meetings, but some residents in Wisconsin’s Sixth District have received a mailer with the information.
Below are the previously scheduled town hall meetings that will now be held over… Read more »
Today, Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) reaffirmed his support for further research into the relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19.
Over the past few months, medical research studies out of Northwestern University and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland were released asserting that vitamin D deficiency may play a role in increasing the severity of symptoms and overall… Read more »
