Peter Roskam

I am here to thank you for having a bipartisan hearing on an incredibly devastating problem.

Like many States, my home State of Illinois is experiencing an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths.

Welcome to the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on 'The Opioid Crisis: Removing Barriers to Prevent and Treat Opioid Abuse and Dependence in Medicare.'

Chairman Roskam Announces Hearing on The Opioid Crisis: Removing Barriers to Prevent and Treat Opioid Abuse and Dependence in Medicare.

It is an honor for me to be here today, and I deeply appreciate the work of the Subcommittee on which I have served.

I urge its--both of these bills consideration.

I thank Chairman Sessions for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is such an interesting thing to listen to. Our friends on the other side of the aisle have characterized the reason that we are here today is because of a blunder in proofreading…

I thank the chairman for yielding me time. We have heard some strong language for the past couple of minutes. This has been described as theology, science fiction, ideology, and now deceit. Well, where is the deceit? The deceit is in the…

I direct the membership's attention to an argument the ranking member made a couple of minutes ago where he criticized repatriation efforts in the past. He is right; they underperformed. Why did they underperform? They were a holiday. It…

There is a message for California's 43rd District, and that is a benefit of $1,395 if H.R. 1 is passed into law. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood). Mr. LaHOOD. Madam Speaker, I want to thank…

If you are in California's 36th District and your median household income is $58,000, it looks like a tax cut of $1,090. I am informed that our friends on the other side have more time, and my suggestion is that our friends use some of…

The good news is it is not $1,200. It is not $1,700. It is $1,900 for the median household in California's Ninth District. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Smith), a great friend of agriculture and a…

As you know, the good news is, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation, 70 percent of the individual tax relief goes to families earning under $200,000, according to their publication on November 13. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to…

My friends on the other side of the aisle need to make a decision: Do they want to lionize Ronald Reagan or criticize Ronald Reagan? I will leave it to them to decide which. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky…

The good news is that the good people of Georgia's 13th District median household income, family of four, at $80,000 would receive a $1,700 tax break. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert), former…

My friend from Massachusetts said this is a missed opportunity. This is no missed opportunity. What we are witnessing is the seizing of an opportunity. During the debate, our friends on the other side of the aisle, in 25 hours of markup…

Cruelty to animals is a scourge, and there is no worse example than animal fighting that is for so-called pleasure and definite profit. I am pleased today to introduce the Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act, which is to close a…

I am almost tempted to continue to yield time to my friend from the other side of the aisle. Just keep driving the expectations of any tax relief further and further into the ground, and I think people are going to be surprised and…

I thank Chairwoman Black for yielding. Imagine what our opinion would be of a movie review where the reviewer simply looked at a movie poster and then wrote the review and came to a conclusion that they didn't like the movie. They didn't…

To close, as to the argument about ideological riders, this is the Article I branch. It is the prerogative of the House of Representatives and the Congress to speak and decide how money is to be spent. As to the notion that, the accusation…

This amendment is similar to the previous amendment debated. Specifically, it would prohibit the Office of Foreign Assets Control from authorizing U.S. financial institutions-- that is the distinction--from financing aircraft and sales to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

My friend from Oregon acknowledges that there are bad people doing bad things in Iran. Well, let's not help them. Let's not be complicit. And as to the candlelight vigils, none of the mullahs, none of the leadership, were involved in…

May I inquire how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Oregon has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…