Peter Roskam

The good news for my friend from California is that tomorrow he will have an opportunity to vote on bills that will lower the costs of healthcare with the health savings account agenda that is forthcoming. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to…

I will yield myself 30 seconds because I have got to watch this clock sort of tight. So here is the situation: Animal fighting is inappropriate and wrong no matter where it happens. It is against the law in the continental United States…

I want to thank the gentleman from Oregon for his support, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam). The…

What is presented as a tariff on foreign steel has become a tax on U.S. manufacturing.

I represent suburban Chicago, and we have a lot of small manufacturers.

The burden locally will be enormous if that is not spoken to and remedied in some way.

Surely there is a way for industry groups to join together.

That seems foolish, as it is presented now.

Ukraine is in a situation under incredible pressure and incredible duress. It is a country that has been invaded by Russia.

Congress wants strong protections for intellectual property.

I am pleased with your progress to modernize NAFTA.

I strongly support President Trump's request for TPA renewal.

If we don't break open new markets through trade agreements... we will be left behind.

America must continue to lead.

We have to sell American to billions of customers outside America.

If we stand still or worse take the path of isolationism we will abandon our greatest freedom.

We have led the world in commerce and trade for the last century.

That is right. So, to the gentleman's point, a deduction is a decrease in a taxable liability; a credit is a credit. Once the tax is calculated, the credit is an amount that comes off of that tax liability, so it is a very significant…

What we did with it is we doubled it so that the family tax credit is now doubled. So, you know, when folks say, ``Well, I don't like this tax plan,'' really? You don't like doubling the child tax credit? So there was very much an…

Americans rightly expect us to do the best for our veterans. Social Security is no exception.

Fourteen percent. So, in other words, 14 percent of people who are on it 7 days or more, they are addicted.

What is the duration that somebody can be taking an opioid and they become addicted? We have talked about a 7-day threshold.

What does that intervention look like?

So you basically have predictive modeling.