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The deadline to apply for a service academy nomination through the office of Congressman Glenn Grothman is this Fri., Oct. 13, 2017. 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, CO; and… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 6, 2017 Contact: Bernadette Green, (202) 225-2476 Grothman Celebrates National Manufacturing Day (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today released the following statement in celebration of National Manufacturing Day. “In Wisconsin, we’re really good at making stuff. That’s what we do; especially in the Sixth District… Read more »

Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing & Insurance, and Wisconsin Congressman Glenn Grothman today called on the Department of Education to restore education funding for students in Rural Wisconsin. The Department of Education recently announced a procedural change regarding applications for the Gaining Early and Readiness… Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today announced that his Washington, D.C. and Fond du Lac offices will be open to serve constituents on Columbus Day, Mon., Oct. 9, 2017. If you would like to contact either of Congressman Grothman’s offices on Columbus Day, please call 202-225-2476 (Washington, D.C.) or 920-907-0624 (Fond du Lac). “I keep my offices open on most federal… Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today voted to advance the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441), of which he is a co-sponsor, out of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. The bill will now continue the process towards a vote on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 3441 rolls back the expanded definition of the current joint-employer standard to define… Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today voted in favor of the bipartisan Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), of which he is a cosponsor. Science increasingly confirms that unborn babies feel pain by at least 20 weeks post-fertilization. H.R. 36 makes elective abortions on unborn babies 20 weeks post-fertilization or older illegal, except in cases of rape or… Read more »

Bloomberg BNA: Failed NLRB Defunding Attempt Could Fuel Changes at Agency (Corrected) By Tyrone Richardson A failed Republican effort in the House to cut NLRB discretionary spending by nearly half could set the groundwork for future discussions about reeling in the authority of the labor agency. House lawmakers last month rejected an appropriations amendment that would have… Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today joined nine other Republicans and fifteen Democrats as a co-sponsor of Rep. James Comer’s (R-Ky.) Industrial Hemp Farming Act (H.R. 3530). H.R. 3530 amends The Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana. Industrial hemp contains less than 1 percent Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and was legal in the… Read more »

Fifty years ago, U.S. Army Captain Steve Yedinak returned home from Vietnam believing that he had led covert operations that contributed significantly to the U.S. efforts to counter communist infiltration from the North into South Vietnam. Yedinak, now 77, left behind more than 200 local troops who had fought alongside U.S. forces. Ethnic Cambodians living in South Vietnam, the… Read more »

Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-Glenbeulah) today explored the growing threat to small businesses and franchises posed by the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Obama-era definition of the joint-employer standard during a combined House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions hearing. The subcommittee… Read more »