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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	Result	Vote
05/05/2008	H.Res.952	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Teacher Day to honor and celebrate teachers in the United States.	Passed	No
04/29/2008	H.Res.1079	Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month 2008, and for other purposes.	Passed	Yea
04/28/2008	H.R.5793	Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008
04/25/2008	H.R.5825	Hubbard Act
04/25/2008	H.R.5821	Military Honor and Decency Act
04/25/2008	H.R.3901	Emerald Ash Borer Municipality Assistance Act of 2007
04/24/2008	H.Con.Res.333	Expressing continued support for employee stock ownership plans.
04/23/2008	H.Res.1135	Expressing support for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to reveal her commonsense plan to lower gasoline prices.
04/23/2008	H.Res.1016	Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of William F. Buckley, Jr.
04/23/2008	H.R.5440	FISA Amendments Act of 2008
04/22/2008	H.R.900	Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007
04/17/2008	H.R.5841	Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008
04/14/2008	H.R.5769	SMASH Act of 2008
04/14/2008	H.Res.886	Expressing sympathy to the victims and families of the tragic acts of violence in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Arvada, Colorado.	Passed	Yea
04/11/2008	H.R.5740	Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008
04/09/2008	H.R.5734	Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2008
03/25/2008	H.R.4576	To award a congressional gold medal to Francis Collins, in recognition of his outstanding contributions and leadership in the fields of medicine and genetics.
03/17/2008	H.R.5475	Sex Offender Mandatory Registration Act of 2008
03/11/2008	H.Con.Res.315	Supporting the idea that coalition victory in Iraq is possible.
03/11/2008	H.R.4088	Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2007

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