September 2009

News

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