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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
05/03/2017	H.R.2341	SERVE Act	05/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
05/01/2017	H.R.2106	Partner with Korea Act	05/01/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
03/30/2017	H.R.1843	Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act	03/30/2017 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
03/23/2017	H.R.1697	Israel Anti-Boycott Act	03/23/2017 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
03/21/2017	H.R.1659	Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act	03/21/2017 Referred to House Education and the Workforce (All Actions)
02/06/2017	H.R.808	Iran Nonnuclear Sanctions Act of 2017	02/06/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
01/13/2017	H.R.566	Terror-Free Skies Act	01/13/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
12/22/2016	H.R.6421	Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016	12/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
12/08/2016	H.R.5204	Stop Taxing Death and Disability Act	12/08/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 674. (All Actions)
12/01/2016	H.R.6422	Commuter Access Reform Act	12/01/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
11/14/2016	H.R.6298	Protecting Israel Against Economic Discrimination Act of 2016	11/14/2016 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
11/14/2016	H.R.5715	No Ex-Im Assistance for Terrorism Act	11/14/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 642. (All Actions)
09/26/2016	H.R.5523	Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act	09/26/2016 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
07/14/2016	H.R.3460	To suspend until January 21, 2017, the authority of the President to waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or otherwise limit the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran.	07/14/2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
07/07/2016	H.R.5608	No Ex-Im Financing for Iran Act	07/07/2016 Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade Prior to Referral. (All Actions)
06/21/2016	H.R.5550	No Dollars for Ayatollahs Act	06/21/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
06/15/2016	H.R.5053	Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act	06/15/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (All Actions)
05/06/2016	H.R.5171	Legacy IRA Act	05/06/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
04/29/2016	H.R.5139	No Defense Contracts for Terror Profiteers Act of 2016	04/29/2016 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform (All Actions)
04/20/2016	H.R.4294	SAVERS Act of 2015	04/20/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392. (All Actions)

Total: 1207

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
03/08/2013	H.R.1024	Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2013
03/08/2013	H.R.948	Standard DATA Act of 2013
03/04/2013	H.R.846	Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013
02/28/2013	H.R.903	American Job Protection Act
02/28/2013	H.R.901	Tax Return Due Date Simplification and Modernization Act of 2013
02/28/2013	H.Con.Res.16	Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
02/28/2013	H.R.300	Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2013
02/25/2013	H.Res.24	Expressing the deep disappointment of the House of Representatives in the enactment by the Russia Government of a law ending inter-country adoptions of Russian children by United States citizens and urging the Russia Government to reconsider the law and prioritize the processing of inter-country adoptions involving parentless Russian children who were already matched with United States families before the enactment of the law.
02/19/2013	H.R.781	Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2013
02/19/2013	H.R.713	Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013
02/15/2013	H.R.792	Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2013
02/15/2013	H.R.755	To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
02/15/2013	H.Res.76	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States and the European Union should pursue a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
02/06/2013	H.R.523	Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013
02/05/2013	H.R.494	Small BREW Act
01/31/2013	H.R.262	Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act
01/31/2013	H.R.164	To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit veterans who have a service-connected, permanent disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces entitled to such travel.
01/31/2013	H.R.32	Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act
01/28/2013	H.R.351	Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013
01/25/2013	H.J.Res.2	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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