September 2008

News

9.30.08-Illinois delegation all over the map
Sun-Times - The surprise failure of the bailout bill yielded a rare totally mixed roll call from the 19-member Illinois House delegation, with the results mirroring the larger problem in getting the emergency measure passed: Republicans were running from the package President Bush was begging them for. >>Read More

9.29.08-Local lawmakers split on failed bailout
Daily Herald - Suburban congressional lawmakers split on the $700 billion economic bailout deal - which failed and sent markets tumbling - as many of them face election battles back home. >>Read More

9.29.08-Congressional members split on economic bailout
Pioneer Press - Congress rejected today the Bush Administration's bill to bail out the financial industry. In a 228-205 vote, Democrats and Republicans split their votes, with Republican representatives voting 133-65 against the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008," a 2-to-1 margin. The majority of Democrats supported the measure, with a 140-95 vote. >>Read More

9.27.08-Illinois lawmakers react to bailout
ABC Chicago News-"What you're seeing was sort of a freight train feeling that the administration had at the beginning of the week and their attitude was you're either on the train or under the train there's a lot of us saying 'we need to slow this train down,'" said Rep. Peter Roskam (R), West & Northwest Suburbs >>Read More

9.27.08-Roskam said Congress exploring options to $700 billion bailout
Suburban Life- Roskam held a phone conference Friday afternoon with Chicago-area reporters to discuss negotiations over stabilizing financial markets impacted by the subprime mortgage crisis. He said his constituents do not want Congress to rubber-stamp a plan that gives so much money and such sweeping authority to a federal agency. >>Read More

9.26.08-Congressmen from the suburbs now split on bailout
Daily Herald- As potential compromises on a massive economic bailout plan appear to disintegrate, congressional representatives from the suburbs are scrambling to take sides. >>Read More

9.26.08-Roskam says details of bailout plan is still weeks away
Pioneer Press - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, held a telephone press conference on Friday from Washington, D.C., during a break in discussions about how to rescue the economy with a $700 billion government bailout. >>Read More

9.25.08-Ill. reps weigh in on bailout plan
ABC - Congressmen Peter Roskam, Luis Gutierrez, Melissa Bean and Don Manzullo comment on the proposed $700 billion bailout of U.S. financial firms on ABC 7 Chicago. >>Read More

9.23.08-Vietnam War Hero Gets Dog Tags Back After 40 Years
CBS Chicago- More than 30 dog tags that were purchased in a public market in Vietnam have finally found their way home to their rightful owners. Martha Roskam, Congressman Peter Roskam's mother, found Trout's dog tag a few years ago in Saigon. She told a group of veterans how she was shopping at a street market and bought Trout's tag along with 36 others for 54 cents each. >>Read More

9.23.08-Vet Gets Dog Tags Back 40 Years Later
ABC Chicago- It took 40 years. But on Monday, Vietnam War veteran Gerald Trout got his Army dog tags back. They were among 37 tags bought at a market in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, by the parents of Congressman Peter Roskam in 2001, where they were being sold as trinkets. >>Read More

9.9.08-Roskam: Rail Merger Process 'Fundamentally Flawed'
Journal & Topics - A bipartisan group of members of Congress from Illinois and Indiana---including Peter Roskam and Melissa Bean who represent Chicago's Northwest suburbs---testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Tuesday regarding the community impacts of the Canadian National Railroad's (CN) proposed acquisition of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Rail Line (EJ&E). >>Read More

9.2.08-Q&A with U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam
Daily Herald - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam won a fiercely contested and expensive battle in 2006 to retain Republican control of Henry Hyde's old 6th District seat. Now finishing off his first term, Roskam is gearing up for an equally tough battle to keep his post. >>Read More

Press Releases

9.23.08-ROSKAM OPPOSES WALL STREET BAILOUT
Today the House of Representatives stood on the side of the American taxpayer, opposing a massive bail out of Wall Street and the executives who got us here in the first place. >>Read More

9.16.08-ROSKAM STANDS FOR COMPREHENSIVE, BIPARTISAN ENERGY SOLUTION
“I am disappointed the House has descended to this partisan political ploy. Quite frankly, I don’t know how a bill could be considered pro-domestic production when the first section of the bill is entitled ‘Prohibition on leasing.’ We need an all-of-the-above energy policy, like my Energy VISION Act, that increases domestic production of traditional resources, advances alternative renewable energy, and enhances conservation. >>Read More

9.11.08-CONGRESSMAN ROSKAM STATEMENT ON 7th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACKS OF 9/11
“As we enter this eighth year without an attack on our homeland, let us be grateful to those men and women in the Armed Forces whose service make these past seven years of security possible. >>Read More

9.9.08-ROSKAM BLOCKS BUSH ADMINISTRATION FROM GRANTING MEXICAN TRUCKS UNCHECKED ACCESS TO U.S. ROADWAYS
“This legislation is vital to protect our roads and ensure we do not lose more jobs to Mexico. Unfortunately, the Bush Administration has been intent on pushing this program to allow Mexican trucks to have free access to our nation’s roads. >>Read More

9.8.08-AS CONGRESS RECONVENES, ROSKAM CONTINUES CALL FOR ENERGY VOTE TO LOWER GAS PRICES
“The facts are indisputable. Expanding domestic production will lower prices immediately and decouple the security of our economy from hostile regimes. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Financial Services Committee that a 1% increase in production could yield an immediate 10% reduction in price. >>Read More