U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman said that he has a lot of goals for his sixth term in the House of Representatives after being chosen to represent the 6th Congressional District in Wisconsin in the General Election.
“Overall, more responsible spending, leading to less inflation,” Grothman said. “[Also], closing the border and removing thousands of people who came here wrongly the last four years, reforming the welfare system that discourages work and discourages marriage and removing the diversity bureaucracy, which costs money and unfairly favors some people over others.”
The 69-year-old cemented his place in Congress for two more years after defeating Democratic candidate John Zarbano by over 90,000 votes on the Election Day. Grothman received 62.1% of the vote while Zarbano received 37.9%.
During his 10 years in office, Grothman has been assigned to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, as well as the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. He serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, and the House Budget Committee.
According to Grothman’s website, his campaign was built on advocacy for “manufacturing, worker training, welfare reform, higher education reform, immigration reform and pro-life causes.”
Grothman said that he wants to remind his constituents, which include students at UW Oshkosh, that his administration is there to serve the public.
“I have a great staff of seven folks in Fond du Lac that can help people with Veterans Administration, the IRS, passports and other federal government programs,” Grothman said. “The federal government is already spending a lot on education, but I’ve talked with the outgoing Chancellor [Andrew Leavitt] about federal assistance towards expanding [UWO’s] engineering program. We’ll see how that works out.”
Grothman said there will be a large reconciliation bill in the House dealing with all spending.
“I will be working on amendments with other conservative congressmen to hold that down,” Grothman said. “I think we should end laws with regard to government contracting that affect who gets hired by businesses doing government contracting and remove requirements or remove preferences for ownership of government contractors. I [also] think we should put time limits on welfare-related programs.”
Grothman said that during Donald Trump’s first term as president, he had individual appointees that dealt with each congressman and Grothman expects someone will be assigned to him soon.
In 2020, Axios released Grothman had scored a 93 on their “Trump Loyalty Index,” which was used as an indication of to what extent members of Congress voted in loyalty to Donald Trump during his presidency. Grothman had the highest score of any member of Congress.
Grothman said that there’s not as much animosity between Democrats and Republicans in the House than what is reported, and the two parties get along on minor bills.
“I am concerned that the irrational dislike of President Trump may cause unnecessary partisanship,” Grothman said. “Among Republicans, there’s less of an expectation of team play [than in previous terms]. Given that we’re going to come back with a majority of between six and 12 people, they’re going to have to find a way to operate as a team shortly.”
