By Kevin McCarthy & Peter Roskam
“And tonight, I am grateful that this Congress delivered, and pleased to say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now law. Over the next two years, this plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs.”
Those were President Obama’s words just one week after signing the “stimulus” into law three years ago today.
The nearly one trillion dollar “stimulus” package was supposed to be Democrats’ government fix for the American economy. Not only did President Obama promise 3.5 million jobs, but the White House’s chief economists insisted that if only we passed the nearly trillion dollars in government spending, national unemployment would never reach as high as 8 percent.
Yet here we are three years later, the American economy is, net, down more than 1.1 million jobs and the national unemployment rate still hasn’t dropped below 8 percent. Our home states of California and Illinois have respective unemployment rates of 11.1 percent and 9.8 percent and nationally, the Congressional Budget Office just reported our nation is in the longest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression.
There is no better example of the fundamental failure of the Obama administration’s approach to economics than the failed stimulus.
With reapportionment having sliced and diced McHenry County, three of the four United States Congressmen who have present or future ties with the area were in Crystal Lake.
Making his first foray into the McHenry County part of his 6th congressional district (Algonquin Township) was Peter Roskam.
Roskam, as Deputy Whip in the House Republican Leadership, is in high demand all over the country.
It’s his job to rev up the Republican base and he did a good job of it at the sell-out crowd of almost 300 people.
President Barack Obama has warned that “election-year politics” might keep Congress from acting on substantive issues this year. But House GOP Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam of Wheaton disputes that theory, and points to history to suggest that the time might be ripe for major changes on the horizon, including tax-code reform.
The Wheaton Republican, whose war chest now stands at a hefty $1.9 million in cash on hand, according to Monday’s Federal Election Commission filing, is unopposed in the March 20 primary.
He spent the morning Monday with the Daily Herald outlining his legislative and political priorities for the year ahead. Those priorities include guiding members to consensus inside the lower chamber as well as helping them with their re-election bids.
What do you want to hear from President Obama tonight in his State of the Union address? I gave my thoughts last night on the Kudlow Report. Watch the interview here.
President Obama made a cynical political choice to reject 20,000 new jobs in favor of his environmental base. This morning I joined Fox Chicago to discuss Keystone XL, the need for tax reform and what I expect from tomorrow's State of the Union address. Watch the interview by clicking here.
By saying no to the Keystone Pipeline, President Obama turned his back on an opportunity to foster energy independence and create tens of thousands of new American jobs. I talked with Don & Roma about this issue on WLS.
Listen to the interview by clicking here.
Congressman Peter Roskam joins Don & Roma to discuss to talk about the growing turmoil in Iran. Will the U.S. take the Iranian threat seriously? What went wrong regarding the payroll tax within the GOP? Do you foresee a similar payroll fight in 2 months? Will the President make a speedy decision regarding the Keystone pipeline? How is the relationship between House Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader McConnell?
Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-6) join Bruce & Dan in for Don & Roma. Why have House Republicans rejected a 2-month payroll tax cut? What does Roskam think about Senator Durbin's comment that Republicans want the economy to fail? How does Congress shirk their "Do-Nothing" reputation?
By Kevin McCarthy and Peter Roskam
“Please don’t challenge us with more rules and regulations from Washington.” That was the plea to President Obama from Rock Katschnig, an Atkinson, Ill.-based soybean farmer and small-businessman at an August town-hall meeting.
While Mr. Katschnig was specifically referencing his opposition to the Administration’s imposed Farm Dust rule, a rule that if implemented would affect America’s 1.8 million farmers, his sentiments have become an all too common refrain from American businesses of all sizes across countless sectors.
Appropriate and responsible regulations are important, helping to keep us safe and our environment clean. Yet Washington has become a red-tape factory stunting job creation with a dizzying amount of federally imposed regulations written by unaccountable bureaucrats with little or no regard for the jobs each will cost.
Majority Whip and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) and Chief Deputy Majority Whip and Rep. Peter Roskam (IL-6) join Don & Roma.
By Emily Miller
Less than a year ago, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was forced to move across the second floor hall of the Capitol, leaving behind the magnificent speaker’s balcony that overlooks the National Mall. With the possibility of retaking control of the House of Representatives growing more remote by the day, the California Democrat will have to get used to the east-front view of parked cars and the visitors’ center entrance as her Democratic colleagues abandon ship.
The Super Committee appears likely to admit failure later today, unable or unwilling to compromise on a plan to save taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade.
Congressman Peter Roskam joined John and Amy to talk about what’s next in the battle over spending.
By Emily Miller
House Democrats are divided. Their leaders are working hard to stop the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA), but not all members on the left are falling into line. The chances of this landmark constitutional amendment passing Friday depend on how many are willing to put their country’s interests before that of their party.
Despite continued partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill, GOP Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam told a group of suburban seniors Thursday that there is an “internal political will” on both sides of the aisle to protect Medicare, a program he described as “a promise from one generation to another.”
The nation is less than one year from a presidential election. What happens in Congress will shape the debate.
Republican Congressman Peter Roskam joined FOX Chicago Sunday to talk what’s happening on Capitol Hill, and how it will affect the presidential election in 2012.
By Rep. Peter Roskam
America’s elderly are victims of a crime spree so expansive that on an annual basis exceeds the value of all the cocaine smuggled in to North America. The crime is Medicare fraud, and it is conservatively considered to be a $50 billion industry.
The cover of the book “Young Guns” features its three authors — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) and House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) — posing purposefully beneath a subtitle dubbing them “A New Generation of Conservative Leaders.”
The man just below Cantor and McCarthy on the leadership ladder, House Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (Ill.), is a few years older, less well-known and has no intention of writing a book anytime soon.
But while Roskam earns less ink than his colleagues, he serves as a calming, drama-free influence at the leadership table, and in those sometimes tense meetings where rank-and-file lawmakers are persuaded to vote with the team.
Congressman Peter Roskam joins Don Wade & Roma to discuss Illinois not getting a federal bailout, pensions systems in Illinois, and rising tensions between Iran and the US.
From The Minority Report
I’d like to introduce, or re-aquatint, you to Illinois Congressman and U.S. House of Representatives Chief Deputy Majority Whip Peter Roskam. Roskam represents the Sixth District of Illinois and is not only the party’s future but a consummate conservative warrior with real solutions on issues ranging from the economy and jobs to taxes, government spending and health care.
By Lori Ann LaRocco
Earlier this week, Congressman Peter Roskam (R-IL) introduced a new piece of tax legislation called The Tax Hike Prevention & Business Certainty Act. I asked him what this bill would do and what kind of impact this would have on businesses and the american taxpayer.