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: Experience: House: District 6, 2007-Present; Home State: Illinois; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $2,213,556Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Peter J. Roskam

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Elizabeth; 4 Children

Birth Date: 09/13/1961

Birth Place: Hinsdale, IL

Home City: Wheaton, IL

Religion: Protestant

Education

Attended, Chicago-Kent College of Law

JD, Illinois Institute of Technology Law School, 1989

BA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1983

Political Experience

Chief Deputy Whip, Unites States House of Representatives, 2011-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2006-present

Former Minority Caucus Whip, Illinois State Senate

Chair, Oversight Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Senator, Illinois State Senate, 2000-2006

Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1992-1998

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1998

Current Legislative Committees

Select Committee on Benghazi, Member

Subcommittee on Health (Ways and Means), Member

Subcommittee on Oversight (Ways and Means), Chair

Ways and Means, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Bicycle Caucus

Member, Governors Family Preservation Task Force

Member, Health Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, House Select Committee on Benghazi, United States House of Representatives

Member, Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus

Co-Chair, Republican Israel Caucus

Member, Ways and Means Committee, United States House of Representatives

Professional Experience

Community Activist

Executive Director, Educational Assistance Limited

History Teacher, High School

Aide, United States Representative Henry Hyde, 1986-1987

Aide, United States Representative Tom Delay, 1985-1986

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Vice-Chair, AmericaSpeakingOut.com

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Oppose A Flat Tax is a good idea. It would simplify the entire tax system and get rid of loopholes that drive tax-avoiding behaviors.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Oppose Cutting taxes and reducing regulation is the means to recuperate from the Great Recession.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Oppose In times of peace, it is totally not needed to expand the military. We can improve instruction of our country by other ways.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Oppose Further health coverage should be promoted through free market rather than the government.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Oppose We should consider about both nature rights and human needs, accounting for nature's value for humans as well as for other environmental benefits.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Oppose Affirmative Action is a noble idea, but should not be enforced by government.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 89

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
02/06/2014	H.R.4009	Protect Academic Freedom Act	02/06/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
01/10/2014	H.Res.445	Urging the P5+1 to only accept a final nuclear agreement with Iran that definitively prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, ceases Iran's construction of advanced missiles and warheads, suspends Iran's support for terrorist organizations, and reduces human rights violations within Iran.	01/10/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. (All Actions)
08/01/2013	H.R.2769	Stop Playing on Citizens' Cash Act	08/01/2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
08/01/2013	H.R.2768	Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 2013	08/01/2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
07/17/2013	H.R.2717	United States-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation Act of 2013	07/17/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
07/16/2013	H.R.2701	United States-Israel Missile Defense Cooperation Act of 2013	07/16/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
06/27/2013	H.R.2533	Stop Playing on Citizen's Cash Act	06/27/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
06/27/2013	H.R.2532	IRS Act of 2013	06/27/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
06/27/2013	H.Res.280	Taxpayer Bill of Rights Resolution	06/27/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
05/06/2013	H.Res.177	Urging the Palestinian Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas to clarify a presidential succession plan, expand political freedom in the West Bank, and take preventative measures to limit the possibility of a Hamas takeover in the West Bank.	05/06/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. (All Actions)
02/05/2013	H.R.495	Free File Program Act of 2013	02/05/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
10/05/2012	H.R.2139	Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act	10/05/2012 Became Public Law No: 112-181. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
06/25/2013	H.R.2305	PRIME Act of 2013	06/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
06/14/2013	H.R.1812	Partner with Korea Act	06/14/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
06/03/2013	H.R.2085	Diagnostic Innovation Testing and Knowledge Advancement Act of 2013	06/03/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
09/26/2012	H.R.6446	Improving Diagnostic Innovations Act of 2012	09/26/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
11/21/2011	H.R.3399	Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act	11/21/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
10/04/2011	H.R.3091	To make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends.	10/04/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
07/15/2011	H.R.2569	Free File Program Act of 2011	07/15/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
07/08/2011	H.R.2478	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work-college.	07/08/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)

Total: 1207

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
06/08/2017	H.R.2856	To provide for nonpreemption of measures by State and local governments to divest from entities that engage in commerce-related or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity targeting Israel, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2823	Affordable Retirement Advice for Savers Act
05/18/2017	H.R.1911	Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.Res.218	Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation.
05/18/2017	H.Res.199	Recognizing the self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory.
05/18/2017	H.Res.172	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the Russian Federation, its officials, security services, and any person or entity within the Russian Federation or associated with the Russian Government, should not interfere, seek to influence, or engage in coercion designed to create an outcome in foreign elections.
05/18/2017	H.R.672	Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017
05/16/2017	H.R.2465	Steve Gleason Enduring Voices Act of 2017
05/16/2017	H.R.2432	Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2017
05/03/2017	H.R.2310	Faith in Health Savings Accounts Act of 2017
05/01/2017	H.R.2270	PLUS Loan Disability Forgiveness Act
04/28/2017	H.R.2232	Promoting Equality and Accountability at the United Nations Act of 2017
04/28/2017	H.R.2230	To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue or bust of Elie Wiesel for placement in the United States Capitol.
04/25/2017	H.Res.276	Expressing the sense of the House that more should be done to instill Holocaust education in school curricula around the country.
04/13/2017	H.J.Res.43	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.	Passed	Aye
04/07/2017	H.R.1953	Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017
04/03/2017	H.R.1863	To designate the area between the intersections of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Davis Street, Northwest and Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and Edmunds Street, Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Boris Nemtsov Plaza", and for other purposes.
04/03/2017	H.R.1861	Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
04/03/2017	H.Res.92	Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.	Passed	Yea
03/31/2017	H.R.1847	PAST Act

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