Guidelines for Reopening Faith Communities

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared a list of preventative practices for communities of faith as they begin to reopen their doors. This list highlights the following ways to plan, prepare and take action to stop the spread of COVID-19:

For further COVID-19 guidance as your faith facility reopens, I encourage you to check out the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) list of best practices for community and faith-based leaders.


Main Street Lending Program

Are you a small or medium-sized business owner? I am pleased to share that the Federal Reserve recently started accepting lender registrations for their Main Street Lending Program (MSLP), which was created to support small and medium-sized businesses that have experienced economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The MSLP will provide eligible businesses with liquidity from the Federal Reserve’s various financial institutions to help them stay afloat. Eligible borrowers include American businesses with no more than 15,000 employees and less than $5 billion in annual revenues in 2019. If you qualified for and received funds from the Paycheck Protection Program, you may also be eligible for MSLP loans.

If you are an eligible business owner in need, I hope you’ll take advantage of this program that will allow businesses throughout Wisconsin to not only recover economically, but prosper going forth.


Police Reform

This week, the House passed H.R. 7120, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. As I've said many times in my newsletters, the name of a bill does not reflect the content and oftentimes a bill with a nice-sounding title is named as such to distract from what is actually inside of it. That is what happened this week and, regrettably, House Democrats ignored this opportunity to make real change and used it to pass a bill filled with provisions that would make the entire police force, including the good officers, which is the vast majority, less effective and more liable to frivolous lawsuits. 

While it is my sincere belief that state and local governments should take action to terminate officers who are repeatedly misbehaving, the vast majority of cops are good and do a great job protecting our communities. That is not to say that there aren't unscrupulous police officers. A better way to approach police reform would be as I did during my time as a State Senator in Madison, where I introduced a bill that would have made it easier for police departments to terminate officers for misconduct. Sadly, that bill was not passed.

I did not vote for H.R. 7120, and have urged Nancy Pelosi and House leadership to consider commonsense legislation that would allow police departments to terminate officers for misconduct without punishing good officers with one-size-fits-all regulations. I thank Wisconsin’s police forces and the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe.


Weekly Roundup
Congratulations to "Mkubwa the Giant", winner of the Wisconsin's Sixth District 2020 Congressional Art Competition People’s Choice Award! Thank you to all of the students who participated! The winning artwork is pictured below, but you can view all of the students' work by clicking here.


The COVID-19 mortality rate has dropped significantly over the past few weeks. This is an important stat because it shows that the virus is growing weaker and we are on the right path toward recovery.


I was please to host Vice President Mike Pence in Wisconsin on Tuesday. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have made frequent visits to the Badger State during their time in office and I am impressed with their devotion to moving Wisconsin forward.



Contact Me
As your Congressman, I’m here to serve you. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to my offices in Fond du Lac and Washington. If you enjoyed this newsletter be sure to forward it to your family and friends so they can stay informed on what I’m doing in Washington and the Sixth District. 

You can also stay up-to-the-minute by following me on Facebook (Congressman Glenn Grothman), Twitter (@RepGrothman) and Instagram (@RepGlennGrothman).

Sincerely,
Member of Congress

 
WEBSITE | UNSUBSCRIBE | CONTACT