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Glenn Grothman: “I think they could have gotten rid of another, oh, 2 to…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

Community Comment - 10-13-25 - Washington Co. Exec. Josh Schoeman and Rep. Glenn Grothman

Published October 14, 2025 | Video Starts at 40:31

But again, for whatever reason, the Republicans on the Armed Services Committee would not but, in my mind, do their job. And they got rid of very few of these people. We are, again, so broke. And I think they could have gotten rid of another, oh, 2 to 300,000 [Department of Defense employees]. So I got a commitment from the Department of Defense that they will look into that. But I voted for both those things because they had to pass. (40:31–40:36)

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