Peter Roskam

We have no remaining speakers on this side, and I reserve the balance of my time.

We are against the estate tax. We are against the death tax.

The State of Illinois has an underlying fiscal mess, a complete disaster.

The Tax Foundation has--their study shows that there is an increase in 1,687,000 jobs, full-time equivalence, and an estimated gain of, wait for it, $4,917 in after-tax income for median households throughout the U.S.

I think we are going to be better off if we try and create a bipartisan approach to this.

We will have this postcard available in an online form and a hard copy form for every taxpayer to use.

What we propose for individuals filing is something as simple as a postcard.

Clearly, something is inherently unfair when the family from Palatine perceives that they pay more to the government because they don't know more about the Tax Code.

What should be a simple calculation is so complicated that 9 out of 10 people either pay a professional or have to buy software just to figure out how much they owe the government.

We have a solution that will grow the economy, dramatically simplify the Code, and lower our tax bills every year.

Our Tax Code has grown so bloated over the past 30 years, to the point that it is draining our productivity and producing a headache for nearly every taxpayer.

Think about it. Right now, on this iPhone, I can pull up an airline app... Now, contrast that with our Tax Code, which is so complicated that, every year, the majority of taxpayers can't figure out how much money they owe by themselves.

The Subcommittee will hold a hearing on tax reform ideas that simplify our broken tax code

Nobody likes it, and nobody defends it.

One of the big priorities is our relationship with Israel historically.

June is Alzheimer's and brain awareness month, and it is no surprise to anybody on this panel the devastating nature of this disease.

At the base of your questions about the competitiveness of the U.S. economy, we have the best university system, we have the most innovative people in the world.

So who loses as we dither under the current Tax Code? The wealthy are not suffering today.

There is an old phrase that says this, that when the bulls fight, the grass loses.

The ACA is failing to stabilize the health insurance marketplace.

Okay. So then can we at least get some comfort in the knowledge that after that 60- or 90-day period, those kinds of claims are not--false claims are not happening anymore?

How is it possible that there is not--I mean, at some point the Social Security office makes a declaration that this person has passed away?

We have got to do things better, smarter, faster, and cheaper, and more efficiently.

I think what is actually emerging is a consensus on this issue and that there are a lot of people now--and it is a consensus that is based on necessity.

Legislatures tend to lag real life. It is just the way it is.