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House bill seeks $140,000 H-1B wage floor
The bill, H.R. 10799, was introduced on October 13 by Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. It has no cosponsors yet.
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:28 PM ET
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Glenn Grothman
U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district (since 2015)
Glenn Grothman, a Republican who has represented Wisconsin's 6th congressional district since 2015, is seeking reelection in 2026 against Democrat Brad Smith, a businessman who narrowly won his party's primary.
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Republican Lawmaker Introduces Bill To More Than Double H-1B Salary Threshold
The bill, H.R. 10799, was introduced on October 13 by Republican Representative Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin and referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
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- Born
- July 3, 1955
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Education
- Homestead High School (1973)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (BBA, 1978)
University of Wisconsin Law School (Juris Doctor, 1983)
Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Glenn Grothman was born on July 3, 1955, and graduated from Homestead High School in Mequon in 1973. He went on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a BBA degree in 1978, and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1983. After his admission to the bar, Grothman became an attorney with a firm in West Bend, Wisconsin.
Career
Grothman entered the Wisconsin State Assembly through a December 1993 special election in the 58th district, succeeding Mary Panzer, and was reelected five times. He was vice chairman of the Assembly Republican caucus from 1999 to 2004.
In 2004 he challenged Panzer, by then state senate majority leader, in the Republican primary for the 20th Senate district and won with 79% of the vote; he was reelected in 2008 and 2012.
In the Wisconsin Senate he served as assistant minority leader from 2009 to 2010 and as assistant majority leader from 2011 to 2015.
In 2014 Grothman entered the Republican primary for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district against 17-term incumbent Tom Petri, who dropped out shortly afterward.
Grothman defeated Democratic nominee Mark Harris, the Winnebago County executive, with 57% of the vote, and he was reelected in 2016, 2018 and 2020 before running unopposed in the 2022 general election.
His House committee assignments have included the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Joint Economic Committee. He lives in Greenbush in Sheboygan County and is Lutheran.
2026 race
Wisconsin's 6th district is based in east-central Wisconsin, covering part of the Fox River Valley and taking in Fond du Lac, Oshkosh and Sheboygan. Glenn Grothman, the Republican incumbent, was reelected there with 61.2% of the vote in 2024 and won the 2026 Republican primary with 99.68%.
In the November 3, 2026, general election he faces Democrat Brad Smith, a businessman who won the Democratic primary with 50.18% of the vote to 49.67% for Amanda Bell, a former U.S. Geological Survey Center operations officer.