Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., said the large budget reconciliation bill being crafted in Congress gives Republicans a chance to show the American people what they are made of when it comes to keeping their promise to reduce federal spending levels.

"So your listeners know, 26% of our federal budget is borrowed," Grothman, a member of the House Oversight Committee, said on the Just the News Not Noise TV program on Thursday night.

"If you checked off Republican, maybe you better be ready to dig in and get rid of this fraud and abuse, not to mention get rid of anything that is not prescribed by the U.S. Constitution, I would say. So we'll see what the Republicans are made up of," he added.

Grothman suggested making changes to the U.S. welfare system.

"My personal favorite is our welfare system, which is encouraging sloth even more discouraging people from getting married. We'll see whether that survives this cut. But I think there obviously should be big changes there, but all the way across the board, waste in the military," he said.

"I noticed our wonderful new Secretary of Defense pointed out we had way too many aircraft carriers the other day. We'll see whether Congress has the ability to act on what he clearly wants to have happen there. I'm sure doesn't want to get rid of them all, but maybe one or two less," he added.

Grothman said many special interests have their hands out looking for more as the reconciliation bill is being written.

"But we'll see if Congress can finally say no, because as a congressman, as a state legislator, for that matter, all I do when I'm in Washington is attend meetings of people with their hand out saying, 'Give me more stuff.' Well, we'll see if the Republicans can act like Republicans within the next two months," he said.

Grothman also said he anticipates more judicial reform bills moving forward soon in House.

"Not yet, but I anticipate they will move, and I would certainly hope we pass them, at least out of the House of Representatives. I mean, there are so many district judges right now, the idea that you can look all around the country and find any one of these judges to come down with an order that affects the entire country is absurd," he said. "I mean, it just invites judge shopping and invites looking around for the most radical judge on any given issue."