Peter Roskam

I thank the gentleman for his support. I thank the chairman for his assurance and his hard work on this. I am confident that this will be resolved. Mr. Chairman, I have got to tell you that the discussions that this House has made on a…

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 C (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ____. None of the funds made…

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

It has been a difficult week in northern Illinois. A little over a week ago, torrential rains fell on Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Four Illinois counties have been named disaster areas: Lake County, McHenry County, Kane County, and…

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.

I thank Chairman Thornberry, and I rise today in strong support of the Lamborn amendment requiring a report on Iran's use of commercial aircraft to support terrorist groups in rogue regimes around the Middle East. The Lamborn amendment…

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.

I thank Chairman Walberg. There is an irony here, and it is an irony I think that is worth pointing out. This is, obviously, in the context, like the gentlewoman from California pointed out, of the fiduciary rule, which we are familiar…

I have got a prediction to make, and here is my prediction: In the course of this debate, the opponents of H.R. 7 will not acknowledge nor give voice to Congressman Smith's claim of saving 2 million lives. Why? Because to acknowledge 2…