Peter Roskam: “We are against the estate tax. We are against the death tax.”

The gentleman from Michigan asked the rhetorical question: Why are we here? I will tell you one reason why we are here. One reason why we are here is I have an independent recollection of being in my car on Michigan Avenue in Chicago…

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

There is a quotation that is familiar that is brought to my attention this afternoon as we are debating this, and it has echoes for today. It is by Martin Niemoller, who was a Lutheran pastor in Germany; and this is what he said: ``First…

This is a heartfelt issue obviously, but we are talking about rough stuff. We are talking about stuff that attracts gangs. We are talking about stuff that attracts drug trafficking. We are talking about stuff that attracts violence. We are…