[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 193 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              POLITICAL CONTEMPT FOR THE AVERAGE AMERICAN

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to comment on that last 
debate for a second. We are in danger in this country. One of the ways 
we are in danger is that there are certain politicians who are becoming 
more and more prominent and who have a contempt for the average 
American.
  Sadly, I have seen this happen more and more over time in the 
Democratic Party. We have seen it in their higher offices where Kamala 
Harris was handpicked by the billionaires. We saw it where everybody 
else had to clear the decks for Joe Biden to become President after 
these offices were determined and nominees were determined for many 
years in primaries. The same thing happened in Wisconsin in a U.S. 
Senate seat.
  We now see it happening in Congress where a sitting U.S. Congressman 
handpicks his successor. Of all successors, he picks a staffer. There 
is such contempt for the average people. I am sure these are people who 
have worked for years in the Democratic Party or years in various, 
different local elections. They are being shoved aside so that an 
insider can grab the slot.
  Mr. Speaker, in any event, I thank my colleague from Washington for 
bringing this forward.

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