Peter Roskam
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Peter Roskam is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 6th congressional district from 2007 to 2019. During his time in Congress, Roskam served on several key committees, including the Ways and Means Committee, where he focused on tax reform and healthcare issues. He was known for his advocacy of conservative fiscal policies and played a role in the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017.
What I am hearing from a Tier 1 rehab facility in my district is sort of the--really the heartache of stories of, look, we can't care for this person, who desperately needs our help, based on our census.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and witnesses, thanks for your time and your expertise today.
Now, Ms. Martinek, as we are listening and we hear about these First Amendment rights of yours, cumulatively, that have been trampled, there is something particularly egregious, I think, about the first of our first freedoms--that is, our…
But, look, history is filled with this story. And it always works out well when those who are entrusted with responsibility--that is us--listen to the complaints of the public, sort out fact from fiction, and then do our work.
You know, the question before us today is, who decides who gets to participate in the public square? Is it bureaucrats, or is it the American people?
I find it incredibly ironic, you know, on the one hand you are arguing today that the IRS is not corrupt, but the subtext of that is you are saying, look, we are just incompetent.





