2009
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12.7.09-Office Space: Not-So-Still Life With Roskam
Roll Call - When Roskam isn't spending time with his family in his hometown of Wheaton, Ill., or legislating in Washington, he enjoys traveling on Congressional delegations to various parts of the world. Since entering Congress in 2007, he's traveled to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Africa. >>Read More 12.7.09-Legislators on right track with health care bill
Suburban Life Editorial - Being members of the minority party in the House, Biggert and Roskam are characteristically not thrilled with the plan. They expressed concern that Republican ideas for reforming health care were rejected by the Democrats. When it comes to issues such as tort reform, health insurance portability and competition across state lines, I agree with the Republicans that these are key to making any reform plan work. >>Read More 11.18.09-Coverage Mandate Under Fire
Wall Street Journal - Rep. Peter Roskam (R., Ill.) said on the House floor that this means the health overhaul comes with handcuffs. "Now, I am not talking about figurative handcuffs," he added. "If you don't comply with the individual mandate, what happens to you? You can be subject to five years in prison and you can be subject to a quarter of a million dollars in fines." >>Read More 11.18.09-GOP Turns Up the Heat over Bringing Gitmo prisoners to U.S. Soil
The Hill - (Constituents) see it for what it is: Illinois become a dumping ground. This administration couldn't pull off getting us the Olympics so they bring us al-Qaeda,” Roskam said. >>Read More 11.9.09-Wounded Warrior Working for Rep. Roskam
Roll Call - Roskam says Velasco is an asset to his staff and that he has gotten a lot of positive feedback from veterans who are happy to have one of their own to speak with. Velasco says connecting with and helping other veterans has breathed new life into him. While he once had to depend on his family to take care of him, he is now able to provide for them. >>Read More 11.8.09-Elizabeth Roskam's Op-Ed on Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. It kills more men and women than any other cancer and will kill more people this year than breast, prostate, colon, liver, kidney cancers and melanoma combined. >>Read More 11.5.09-Suburban Life Editorial: Legislators on right track with health care bill
>>Read More 11.2.09-Suburban Life: Roskam Delivers Health Care Bill to Library
>>Read More 11.2.09-Congressman delivers health care bill to library
Liberty Suburban Newspaper - The top pages of a stack of papers that make up the latest version of the health care bill rustled in the wind as U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam used both hands to carry a copy into the Wheaton Public Library Monday morning. >>Read More 10.12.09-Honduras Turmoil Goes Local
Sun-Times - U.S. Representatives Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) and Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) say the administration should side with the rest of the Honduran government, which believes Zelaya's ouster was for the best. >>Read More 10.7.09-Battle over Honduras policy heats up
Foreign Policy Magazine - The conclusion Roskam drew from the trip was that the problem in Honduras won't be solved until the Nov. 29 election, in which neither Micheletti nor Zelaya is running -- that is, if it can meet reasonable standards of freedom and fairness. U.S. trade with Honduras is at stake, Roskam argued, and is needed to counter the expanding regional influence of anti-American forces such as Venezuela's Hugo Chávez. >>Read More 10.6.09-Some Criticize SEIU for Its ACORN Connections
Washington Post - Last week, Republican Reps. Mark Steven Kirk and Peter Roskam of Illinois and Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina urged the Census Bureau to stop allowing the SEIU to help recruit workers for its 2010 head count. >>Read More 9.28.09-Congress overhauls federal student lending
Daily Herald - The university offers grants to low-income students through a nonprofit foundation. Roskam and school officials say the legislation threatens Midwestern's ability to be a lender. >>Read More 9.28.09-Kirk Calls On U.S. Census to Sever Ties to SEIU
Chicago Sun-Times - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-Va.) joined Kirk in raising the red flags about SEIU because of what Kirk called, "the close inter-relationship in management, location, leadership, and financing between [ACORN and SEIU.] SEIU Local 880 used to boast it was founded by ACORN. ... I think the integrity of the Census is in danger if [SEIU] so closely linked to [ACORN] is still involved in the federal census." >>Read More 9.23.09-Lawmakers stake out positions on health care
Daily Herald - "The government-run public option will cost trillions, explode the deficit and limit quality of care. Bad policy with a huge price tag isn't something I'll support," U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, said. >>Read More 9.23.09-Daily Herald: Lawmakers stake out positions on health care
"The government-run public option will cost trillions, explode the deficit and limit quality of care. Bad policy with a huge price tag isn't something I'll support," U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican, said. >>Read More 9.3.09-Single Payer on the Installment Plan
Wall Street Journal - In 2004 Barack Obama, then an Illinois State Senator, and Peter Roskam, then a state legislative colleague, argued over an Obama proposal to create a task force to study alternatives for health care in Illinois. >>Read More 9.1.09-Obama was a healthcare "myth" buster in 2004 too
Washington Examiner - Roskam suggested that the Obama-sponsored bill, which created a panel that later recommended an individual insurance mandate, a public insurance option and generous subsidies for Illinois in 2007. The state legislature has sat on the proposal since then. But at the time, Republicans have argued that it was a back door to having a single-payer system once private insurers were put out of business. >>Read More 8.31.09-Rep. Peter Roskam and Obama on health care, a replay from 2004 Illinois senate debate
Chicago Sun-Times - One of those who gave Obama the toughest time that day was then Illinois State Sen. Peter Roskam -- who also moved up and on. Roskam, now a member of Congress, representing a Chicago west suburban district, opposes most elements in the Democratic-drafted health care bills that are coming out of the House. >>Read More 8.21.09-Roskam Speaks to 12,000 on healthcare
My Suburban Life - The number of people on the phone with Peter Roskam could have filled a small arena, but many of them were sitting at home, at work or in their cars as they weighed in on the hot-button issue of health care reform. >>Read More 8.20.09-Meeting of Minds On Flood Control Soon?
Journal & Topics -Political leaders at the county and federal levels are reacting positively to their first read of recommendations to ease Salt Creek flooding, though a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-6th) and Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider (R-15th) both caution the plan is in its "infancy" andrequires a great deal of study. >>Read More 8.15.09-Good News Could Spell Trouble for GOP
Politico - “My constituents won’t be coaxed into accepting the notion that ‘less bad’ news is good news," said Illinois Republican Rep. Peter Roskam. "We were promised much better than this: better economic conditions and outlook and a new era of bipartisanship." >>Read More 8.13.09-Friends Have Own Ideas on Salt Creek Flood Control
Journal & Topics - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-6th) also weighed in on the FFP recommendations after being supplied with a copy of the FFP letter. Roskam's district includes the dams and many of the communities affected by flooding along Salt Creek. >>Read More 8.12.09-Editorial - Public option would kill private plans and increase health costs
My Suburban Life -
U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th District, of Wheaton said that House Resolution 3200 — America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 — would prohibit individual insurers from enrolling new participants in existing plans beginning in 2013. >>Read More 8.1.09-Roskam Op-Ed: Medicare fraud proves fed-run health care won't work
Sun-Times - Fundamental reforms to Medicare and Medicaid would undoubtedly save billions of taxpayer dollars. That could lower costs, which could expand access to care and provide a real step forward in solving our health-care woes. Without it, a new government-run health-care plan would bring more waste, fraud and abuse, all on the backs of the American taxpayer. >>Read More 7.31.09-Bill Giving Shareholders More Say on Executive Pay Passes House
Los Angeles Times - "This bill is an invitation for political meddling at its worst in the private confines of companies that are trying to work hard to create jobs," complained Rep. Peter J. Roskam (R-Ill.) >>Read More 7.27.09-Republicans Wage Floor Games
Roll Call - Roskam pointed to the GOP’s protest last week when Members hijacked the floor for three hours to give one-minute speeches that included the phrase, “where are the jobs?” The effort was part of the larger GOP strategy to derail Democratic health care plans, which Republicans charge ignore their ideas. >>Read More 7.24.09-Suburban lawmakers play key, opposing roles in health care battle
Daily Herald - Take U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican in the DuPage County-centered 6th District. Once a member of the state Senate with President Barack Obama, Roskam has long been an opponent of government programs in nearly every form. >>Read More 7.2.09-Area doctors sound off on Obama health care plan
Daily Herald - Nearly 150 doctors gathered Wednesday in Medinah to share their views on how President Obama's proposed health-care reforms will affect their practices and patients. The forum was sponsored by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, a Wheaton Republican and member of the House Ways and Means Committee that is considering health-care legislation. >>Read More 6.25.09-EDITORIAL: Roskam bringing correct approach to health reform
Suburban Life Publications Editorial - No government program is going to eliminate all the problems in health care. Roskam has raised some valid issues about reform measures, and we must proceed cautiously. >>Read More 5.20.09-Roskam, House Republicans rail against ‘energy tax’
By Brian Hudson, Wheaton Leader Reporter - U.S. House Republicans including Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, of Wheaton, are ramping up their opposition to a climate change and energy bill moving through Congress that they say would burden industry with a “national energy tax.” >>Read More 5.10.09-Roskam not reversing O'Hare expansion stance - yet
By Marni Pyke, Daily Herald - Seismic shifts in the politics of O'Hare expansion are on U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's radar screen, but he says big questions remain unanswered on the merits of the project. >>Read More 5.5.09-Local Members of Congress react to swine flu outbreak
By Hal Conick, Liberty Suburban - While many people have been worked into a panic over the swine-influenza pandemic, members of Congress are trying to stay composed and ready. >>Read More 4.24.09-COD opens new $50 million technical education building
By Jake Griffin, Daily Herald Staff - The College of DuPage's new $50 million Technical Education Center is being touted as an economic stimulator for future students. >>Read More 3.24.09-Transit security: CTA says it's on slow train for terrorist alerts
By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune reporter- The Chicago Transit Authority is waiting for the necessary federal approvals to receive highly sensitive security information, including tips about potential acts of terrorism being planned against elevated or subway trains, officials told a congressional hearing Monday. >>Read More 3.19.09-NRCC Expects to Top March Dinner Goal
Roll Call - NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions said the fundraising success has been the direct result of Roskam’s hard work and ability to communicate and motivate Members to participate. >>Read More 3.18.09-AIG Chief Says Company Had Little Choice on Handing out Bonuses
CQ - Roskam said the AIG bonus disclosures are a serious problem for the Obama administration.”They either knew and didn’t disclose it or they didn’t know,” Roskam said. “Either way they have a serious problem.” >>Read More 3.18.09-GOP Continues Campaign Against Obama Budget
Real Clear Politics - During an off-camera briefing with reporters this morning, Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) called the cap-and-trade proposal an "old fashioned hustle." >>Read More 3.18.09-Read My Lips: No New Bailouts
Talk Radio News Service - Roskam said that many of the small businesses in his area were “in survival mode.” It was unclear whether he was including those whose personal profits would create such a tax dilemma. >>Read More 3.13.09-Work beginning on new flood control levee
Daily Herald - Local officials from across the region donned hard hats and picked up shovels Friday during the groundbreaking ceremony for a $26 million levee along the Des Plaines River. >>Read More 3.7.09-Don’t Die from Embarrassment
Elizabeth Roskam Op-Ed - If you have a family history of colon cancer, or meet other criteria, don’t put off talking about your risk and get screened. It might save your life or that of someone you love. >>Read More 3.3.09-Roskam calls for conservative fiscal policy
Liberty Suburban - As national leaders debate how to revive the ailing economy, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th District, of Wheaton has laid out a prescription of tax cuts, infrastructure spending and free trade. >>Read More 2.25.09-Suburban lawmakers see hope in Obama's speech
Daily Herald -
While he faced "boos," grunts and groans at times from the GOP side of the House chamber, Republican U.S. representatives Mark Kirk of Highland Park, Peter Roskam of Wheaton, Don Manzullo of the Rockford area and Judy Biggert of Hinsdale said they were encouraged by elements of the new president's ambitious agenda. >>Read More 2.24.09-Could the GOP Pick Off a Senate Seat in Illinois?
Real Clear Politics - Peter Roskam's Press Secretary, Matt Vriesema stood strong on the issue, telling RealClearPolitics, "We didn't have to be in this situation. They could've taken care of this months ago and had a special election then. Now we have an embattled Senator with no pull there, leaving our state with one Senator." >>Read More 2.23.09-Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Tougher Law Proposal
CBS 2 - There is a new push Monday night to protect you and your family from potentially dangerous food. This comes after a nationwide salmonella scare may have killed nine people, and sickened hundreds of others. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports two Illinois congressmen are fighting to make sure something like this never happens again. >>Read More 2.23.09-Food banks toss donations due to salmonella outbreak
ABC 7 - Congressmen Peter Roskam and Mark Kirk recently reintroduced legislation to secure our nation's food system. This comes on the heels of the salmonella outbreak surrounding the distribution of contaminated peanut butter resulting in the deaths of nine people and sickening more than 600. >>Read More 2.20.09-GOP reps Roskam, Kirk eyeing Senate seat
Sun-Times - Like Obama, Kirk and Roskam represent generational change. They're both sharp and energetic and making names for themselves in political circles and in Washington, where The Hill newspaper called Roskam the "most up-and-coming member of Congress." >>Read More 2.17.09-Obama Road Show Panned in Peoria
Chicago Tribune - Particularly ironic, Roskam said, is the fact that the creation of significant numbers of jobs at Caterpillar “wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a cent,” when Obama’s stimulus package would cost almost $800 billion upfront. Moreover, job creation is a certain result of the free trade pact, but no one can be certain about the beneficial impact of the stimulus’ spending free-for-all. >>Read More 2.13.09-Gutierrez, Roskam See Colombia FTA As No-Cost Stimulus to U.S. Economy
BNA - Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez Feb. 12 called for quick congressional passage of the stalled U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement, saying it would provide the U.S. economy a free stimulus in the form of expanded exports. >>Read More 2.12.09-Obama in Peoria: Workers still worried
Chicago Tribune - "That's the irony of the White House choosing to go to Caterpillar," Roskam said. "It really does beg the question: How about a trade policy that takes a $100,000 burden off of every major piece of equipment cat sells?" >>Read More 2.7.09-New York Times: Obama’s Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies
Mr. Obama was also pressed on trade in his recent public meeting with House Republicans — but from the opposite direction. Representative Peter Roskam of Illinois blamed Democratic resistance in Congress for blocking the “no-cost job creation” that those pending trade deals would bring, and asked the president whether he would work with Republicans to push those deals through. >>Read More 1.28.09-Roskam, Kirk unchanged on stimulus package
Daily Herald - Suburban congressmen Mark Kirk and Peter Roskam came away from a sit down with President Barack Obama and other House Republicans Tuesday unchanged in their opposition to a $825 billion economic stimulus plan. >>Read More 1.22.09-DuPage County lobbies for spot in stimulus package
Suburban Life Newspaper - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, of Wheaton said he would like to see funds for many of the projects Schillerstrom outlined, but he also called for sensible government spending as Congress moves forward on a stimulus package. >>Read More 1.22.09-Legislators shoot for STAR line again
Sun-Times News Group - Officials called the proposal a common sense idea that will fit Obama's vision for infrastructure projects that create jobs and stimulate the economy. >>Read More 1.20.09-House GOP Looks to Triangulate
Roll Call - The confetti from the inaugural parties barely will be swept up when House Republicans meet on Wednesday to begin drawing stark contrasts between President Barack Obama and the House Democratic leadership. >>Read More 1.19.09-Roskam expects crowded Senate race, may run
The Hill - Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) said Monday that he expects a crowded field to pursue the Senate seat of Roland Burris (D) and that it might include him. >>Read More 1.16.09-Roskam weighs in on stimulus package
Pioneer Press - As congressional leaders attempt to assemble a stimulus package to rescue the economy, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, discussed on Thursday (Jan. 15) his views about the proposed bailouts. >>Read More 1.16.09-Roskam calls for tax cuts
Suburban Life - As Washington weighs plans to jump-start the economy, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, of Wheaton, today called for sensible tax cuts and tight oversight of spending as House Democrats unveiled a $825 billion stimulus package. >>Read More 1.9.09-Five People to Watch in 2009
Suburban Life - On Election Night, Roskam named the issues facing the nation next term; premier among them, he said, is preserving the free market amid economic turmoil >>Read More 1.9.09-Roskam named to Ways and Means committee
Pioneer Press - An appointment to one of the most powerful Congressional committees welcomed U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, after winning his second term. >>Read More 1.8.09-Roskam stresses need for economic improvement
Pioneer Press - Roskam approved of early proposals floated by President-elect Barack Obama, with whom he previously served in the Illinois state legislature. But although Roskam agreed with Obama's plans to trim taxes to spur the economy, he was reluctant about other stimulus ideas calling for massive government spending. >>Read More 1.7.09-Roskam lands prime committee assignment
Daily Herald - The seat, coveted by many in Congress angling for clout, gives Roskam a chance at crafting the GOP's input on the nation's tax, Social Security and Medicare policy. >>Read More 1.7.09-Rep. Roskam Talks Obama, Burris
Real Clear Politics - Obama's former Senate seat was at the center of the biggest story of the new Congress's commencement yesterday. Burris, Roskam's fellow Illinois native, arrived at the Capitol seeking to take the Senate seat that scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him to, but he was turned away. >>Read More 1.7.09-Illinois House members sworn in under shadow of Blago scandal
Daily Herald - "There is a lot of material there," said U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton, noting the jokes going around the House. "You feel like everyone is coming up with a Saturday Night Live punch line. It is pretty merciless." >>Read More 1.7.09-7 habits of highly effective freshman
Politico - Illinois Rep. Peter J. Roskam, a conservative Republican, raised more than $2.6 million during his first two years in the House to help him hold onto a tough suburban Chicago district. That’s $2.6 million his colleagues didn’t need to chip in to keep him in the House. >>Read More Press Releases
11.23.09-Roskam & Kirk: New Study Shows New Taxes/Provisions of Health Care Bills Could Cost 169,000 IL Jobs
Illinois Policy Institute analysis shows health care proposals could cost Illinois families $57 billion - $4,418 per citizen >>Read More 11.19.09-Roskam BigGovernment.com Op-Ed: Pelosi's Healthcare Vision: Government Mandate or Jail
>>Read More 11.7.09-IL Republicans Ask IL Dept. of Healthcare & Family Services How Medicaid Changes Will Impact IL
>>Read More 11.7.09-Roskam Condemns Passage of Pelosi Healthcare Overhaul
>>Read More 7.23.09-Roskam appears on WGN to discuss Democrats' Healthcare Plan
“[W]hat you’re really noticing for the first time are Democrats, who are in the president’s own party who have become very reluctant on the direction that this Administration is taking this country. And for the first time they are beginning to assert themselves in ways that I don’t think Speaker Pelosi was counting on.” – Congressman Peter Roskam >>Read More 7.17.09-Democrats Block Roskam's Medicare Fraud Prevention Amendment
Reject “Common-Sense, Taxpayer-Protecting” Reform Measure >>Read More 7.14.09-Roskam On The Democrats' Healthcare Bill
>>Read More 6.23.09-ICYMI:"Medi-Fraud Alert" in the News
>>Read More 6.23.09-Roskam Introduces Medi-Fraud Alert
>>Read More 6.16.09-ICYMI: Roskam Discusses Healthcare Reform and Obama's Speech to the AMA
"The notion that a new government program is going to be as pure as the wind-driven snow is something that my district is not buying.” >>Read More 4.3.09-ROSKAM HONORED WITH SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARD BY U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Recognized for Second Consecutive Year for Supporting Policies to Bolster Economy >>Read More 2.13.09-ROSKAM STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS SPENDING BILL
>>Read More 2.12.09-Roskam Advances Underage Smoking Prevention Legislation
>>Read More 1.28.09-ROSKAM VOTES AGAINST MASSIVE TRILLION DOLLAR "STIMULUS" SPENDING BILL
Billions and Billions in Wasteful Pork, Only 0.41% in Tax Cuts for Small Businesses >>Read More 1.22.09-BIPARTISAN SUBURBAN DELEGATION REINTRODUCES BILL TO BLOCK CN'S ACQUISITION OF EJ&E
Common Sense Infrastructure Project to Create Jobs, Reduce Congestion while Promoting Long-Term Economic Growth >>Read More 1.7.09-ROSKAM SELECTED TO SERVE ON POWERFUL WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) today was selected by his Republican colleagues in the House of Representatives to serve on the Committee on Ways and Means. Roskam’s move to this powerful committee is especially important to the state of Illinois, as he represents the state’s only Republican member. >>Read More
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