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Glenn Grothman: “It has been the policy of the federal government to chase…”

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

Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years'

Published December 6, 2024 | Video Starts at 17:59

But sometimes people wonder why there's such a higher percentage of men incarcerated than women. A higher percentage of men are dying of drug overdoses compared to women. And I think part of it is It has been the policy of the federal government to chase men out of the household. In any event, I leave my conservative friends around the country with this desire that over the next couple of months or three or four months, we talk about the … (17:59–18:06)

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Asserts that federal policies have contributed to the absence of fathers in households.

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“Government programs are conditioned or based upon percent of poverty.”
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“Many of the programs that began with the so-called war on poverty in the 1960s gave grants or money to people who were not both a man and…”
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“In a lot of these low-income housing projects, one of the goals they have, or they hire managers to make sure that there is not a man in the…”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 03:26-03:44
“Earned Income Tax Credit program...you won't get if you're making say, more than $40,000 a year or married to somebody with a normal income.”
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“In 1965, before these programs kicked in, only about 5% of children born in America were born to a family without a mother and father at…”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 05:02-05:19
“At the turn of the century, we had about 17 million people on food share, what people call food stamps. That number is now 42,000.”
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“There is a housing program called Section 42, which in my opinion does more to benefit property tax developers than it does to benefit the…”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 06:59-07:15
“The housing that is built for so-called low income is frequently nicer or more lavish [than average American housing].”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 07:14-07:30
“The government pays for 70% of the cost of the housing [for low-income housing].”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 07:17-07:24
“We've been operating the policy for 50 years that says we don't want both mom and dad in the home with the children.”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 08:54-09:02
“We've gone from 5% of the children born with a mother and father at home to now over 40% [without both parents].”
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“Two of the three people who founded Black Lives Matter called for ending the so-called western prescribed nuclear family structure.”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 10:12-10:22
“Government policy has encouraged [not having the father in the home].”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 11:17-11:20
“We have as our goal not discriminating in favor of families that don't have a mother and father at home.”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 11:27-11:37
“Stop discriminating against displaying hatred and inequity against families in which both mother and father are at home.”
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“The marriage penalties associated with college scholarships.”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 12:01-12:06
“One more program in which you were discriminated against if you were married and actually were discriminated against if your parents were…”
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“60 years, coming up on 60 years, maybe 55 years against brazenly discriminating against a nuclear family with a mother and father at home…”
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“We try to destroy the American family [through policy].”
Grothman: These Are 'Some Of The Major Mistakes' Congress Has Made Over 'The Last 50, 60 Years' | Uploaded December 6, 2024 | 14:25-14:33
“The American people should not be supportive of any program that so brazenly discourages having a mother and father at home.”
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“George Gilder found a subset of society that felt it was monetarily beneficial to have a child without the father legally around.”
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“We work towards an equitable government in which we at least treat the two-parent family equally in the eyes of the government.”
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