Honorable Peter J. Roskam
United States Representative, Illinois, Republican
Representative Roskam, of the Sixth District of Illinois, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006. He served in the Illinois House from 1992 to 1998 and in the Illinois Senate from 2000 to 2006, where he was Minority Whip from 2003 to 2006. He sits on the Financial Services Committee. The following is from a December 10, 2008, statement released after the House passed H.R. 7321, the Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act. Over the past few weeks, I have worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reach a fiscally responsible solution…