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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.

Jul 11, 2012

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, do you remember these lines when the President was pitching the health care bill? He said: If you like what you have, you can keep it. It will not add a single dime to the deficit. This is…

Congressional Record · 2012-07-11
Jun 19, 2012

I think encouraging Russia to integrate into the global economy, to play by international rules, to encourage the emergence of rule of law in Russia is a very smart strategic investment for the United States.

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Jun 7, 2012

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What I'd like to do is just reflect for a minute on some of the promises around President Obama's health care law. You remember he said during the course of the debate about the health care law, Mr. Speaker, that…

Congressional Record · 2012-06-07
Apr 25, 2012

There is an unbelievable opportunity that we have as a Committee, the committee of jurisdiction over a Tax Code that is wildly unpopular.

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Apr 19, 2012

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to speak for just a minute on the substitute. Speaking of drafting errors, you can only assume that there was a drafting error on the substitute. Look, that happens. If it was a…

Congressional Record · 2012-04-19
Mar 21, 2012

Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding. Madam Chairman, did you notice something? The gentleman from Oregon-- and I took a note and I'm kind of paraphrasing, but he basically was arguing from the other side of the aisle that IPAB, this cost…

Congressional Record · 2012-03-21
Mar 6, 2012

This Committee and this Congress in the coming months are going to have decisions to make as it relates to the extension of the 2001 and the 2003 tax cuts and those rates.

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Mar 5, 2012

The Democratic leader of the House, when she was the speaker, sort of famously now prophesied that we had to pass the bill in order to see what was in it.

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Feb 28, 2012

We are taking them to court. They have a very close service market.

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Feb 28, 2012

I'll be honest. With many of our small businesses, the best advice we tell them, you be very careful about going to a country like China.

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Feb 28, 2012

We represent only about 1 percent of the universe of all small businesses in the U.S.

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