Peter Roskam: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate you holding this hearing.”

I want to thank Chairman Brady for his leadership on this. I have done a lot of work over the past several months, as I know we all have, of listening to my constituents in suburban Chicago, and here is what I have heard: They want us to…

Briefly, the Roskam amendment does the following: It recognizes that my constituency, and I think a lot of others, want the benefits of living near a large international airport but not as much of the burden. Here is the backstory about…

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

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