Peter Roskam: “I think that having a legitimate no-frills policy has to be a part of this conversation.”

I want to thank Chairman Jenkins and Ranking Member Lewis for their work on this, and I am pleased that the underlying bill includes the RESPECT Act, which deals with civil asset forfeiture abuses by the Internal Revenue Service, and I…

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…

I want to thank Mr. Levin for his observations about this bill, that it is created in a spirit of bipartisanship, and I appreciate his support for it. I think it is interesting, just a little bit of a point of clarification, because we…

That seems foolish, as it is presented now.