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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.

May 7, 2013

He was deeply grateful for the U.S. participation. And it is an incredible win for the U.S. as well.

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May 7, 2013

It is an opportunity for us to share in technology; share in, essentially, the fruits of this product.

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May 7, 2013

I am here to congratulate and thank the committee for your past support for the U.S.-Israeli missile defense cooperation and to urge your consideration of that continued support.

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May 7, 2013

This is exactly the type of thing that I think the United States should be involved in.

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May 6, 2013

It is incumbent upon us, if we are going to be dealing with the physician shortage that is looming, we have got to figure out a way to bring the joy of medicine back into medicine.

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May 6, 2013

I come from a family with three siblings who are physicians. And what I have observed is that the joy of going in to medicine has been--largely been ground out, basically, by these larger systems.

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May 6, 2013

There is one statistic that I think it is important for us to be mindful of, and that is provided to us by the Association of American Medical Colleges. And they project that we are going to be facing a physician shortage in 2020--which is…

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Apr 24, 2013

I feel like Tevye here in Fiddler on the Roof. On the one hand and on the other hand.

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Apr 10, 2013

We all wanted to prevent taxes from going up on middle-class workers.

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Apr 10, 2013

The long-term discussion on Medicare is a discussion that continues to, I think, get everybody's attention.

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Apr 10, 2013

It was a very compelling argument, a very successful argument.

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