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Opt for Innovation over Taxation
Jun 3, 2009
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Energy costs are high, in fact they’re very high. Gas prices might not be at the sky-high rates we experienced last summer, but they are still a consistent burden. In fact, just last week Chicago was named the most expensive city in the country to fill up your tank of gas – at a whopping $2.57 ave...
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Roskam, House Republicans rail against ‘energy tax’
May 20, 2009
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U.S. House Republicans including Rep. Peter Roskam, R-6th, of Wheaton, are ramping up their opposition to a climate change and energy bill moving through Congress that they say would burden industry with a “national energy tax.”
In a conference call with reporters today, Roskam and several other re...
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Regaining Fiscal Responsibility
Apr 9, 2009
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Forget your children’s college tuition and the auto repairs your family car desperately needs. And you may need to cut down on your family’s weekly grocery expenses if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has her way and sends your energy bill up.
The House Majority leadership is currently devising a Cap and...
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ROSKAM HONORED WITH SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE AWARD BY U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Apr 3, 2009
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Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) was recently named a winner of the Spirit of Enterprise award by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for his consistent support of policies to bolster the US economy during the second session the 110th Congress. Among the Illinois delegati...
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GOP Continues Campaign Against Obama Budget
Mar 18, 2009
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Real Clear Politics
House Minority Leader John Boehner released a video this morning detailing the outline for Republicans' alternative budget, as the party continues to campaign against President Obama's.
One aspect of Obama's budget that Republicans have targeted is the cap-and-trade proposal,...
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ROSKAM JOINS BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT FOR RENEWABLE BIOGAS
Feb 25, 2009
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Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) recently joined a bipartisan group of Members of Congress in introducing legislation that would create the nation’s first tax credit for the production of renewable biogas. Roskam made energy independence a cornerstone of his first term in Congress and has pledged t...
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Suburban lawmakers see hope in Obama's speech
Feb 25, 2009
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By Joe Ryan, Daily Herald
Suburban U.S. House members, both Democrats and Republicans, heard plenty of hope for residents in President Barack Obama's address Tuesday even as the challenges for all his promises to be fulfilled remain formidable.
While he faced "boos," grunts and groans at times f...
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ROSKAM URGES OBAMA NOT TO BLOCK DEEP OCEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION
Feb 4, 2009
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Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) today joined dozens of his colleagues in writing President Barack Obama urging his Administration not to block deep ocean energy production, calling the need for energy independence a “critical and achievable goal.” The Members wrote as the President and the U.S. De...
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BIPARTISAN SUBURBAN DELEGATION REINTRODUCES BILL TO BLOCK CN’S ACQUISITION OF EJ&E
Jan 22, 2009
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Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) today led a bipartisan suburban delegation of area Representatives in reintroducing the “Reaching for the STAR Act,” a piece of legislation aimed at promoting the Suburban Transit Access Route, or STAR Line. The delegation characterized the bill as the type of stimul...
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GOP Congressmen Kirk & Roskam Hold Economy Brainstorming Session
Nov 24, 2008
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by Mike Robinson, Associated Press
Two Illinois Republican congressmen asked members of the business community Monday for some out-of-the-box thinking on how to help the economy and got an outpouring of ideas ranging from road building to tougher regulation.
"Where can Congress spend dollars tha...
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