Peter Roskam
Republican | Illinois
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Peter Roskam
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 6
Incumbent
Yes
Links
EDUCATION
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1983
IIT-Kent Chicago College of Law, Chicago, Juris doctor, 1989
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
U.S. House of Representatives, 2007-present
Illinois State Senate, 2000-2006
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
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Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
100%
2013-14
100%
2015
100%
2015-16
100%
2013-14
93%
2014
72%, 87%†
2015-16
100%, 85%†
2015
69%, 70%†
2016
53%, 70%†
2015-16
67%
2015-16
69%, 59%†
2015
56%
2013
|100%
2013-14
|100%
2015
|100%
2015-16
|100%
2013-14
|93%
2014
|72%, 87%†
2015-16
|100%, 85%†
2015
|69%, 70%†
2016
|53%, 70%†
2015-16
|67%
2015-16
|69%, 59%†
2015
|56%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2015
10%, 21%†
2013
0%, 5%†
2015-16
0%
2014
0%
2015-16
0%
2015
0%
2015-16
|0%
2014
|0%
2015-16
|0%
2015
|0%
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (2)
Americans for Legal Immigration
U.S. Immigration Reform PAC
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (194)
Adam Hasner
Adam Kinzinger
Adrian Smith
Alan Nunnelee
Alecia Webb Edgington
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (138)
13th Colony Leadership Committee
2006 Joint Candidate Committee
American Conservative Union
American Success PAC
Americans for Legal Immigration
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (23)
613 PAC
Airline Pilots Association
American Association for Justice
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Maritime Officers
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
3. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
4. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.
Strongly Agree
5. Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Strongly Agree
6. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
7. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Disagree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.
Strongly Disagree
11. More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Disagree
12. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
13. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
14. Briefly list three (3) political or legislative issues of most concern to you, and explain why each is important to you.
I am working to reduce the debt, reform the tax code and replace Obamacare with patient-centered reforms. I have voted to cut wasteful spending and balance the budget, and I am working to make our broken tax code simpler, fairer and more competitive. We must fundamentally reform the corporate tax code to keep jobs here at home and make America more competitive, and we must create a flatter, fairer tax system for individuals so families can keep more of their hard earned money. To fix our broken healthcare system, we must institute market based reforms to increase access to care and lower costs for all without creating a costly, massive government bureaucracy. Opening healthcare markets across state lines to allow purchasing insurance in a competitive, nationwide system and improving and expanding high-risk pools will allow Americans with pre-existing conditions to access coverage.
15. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
I believe in the sanctity of all human life.
16. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, the Constitution, the Voters, the Congress, the Supreme Court
17. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I believe we are all the children of a loving God, and our freedoms come from Him. As a follower of Christ serving in the House of Representatives, my faith is an integral part of my service. I believe the very founding of our country was guided by divine providence: the founding fathers established a system in which the God-given inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are to be protected and cherished. The Lord entrusted us with unique blessings as Americans, bestowing upon us a free society where discourse is encouraged, participation is celebrated, and as that great Illinoisan Abe Lincoln said, our government is of, by and for the people. And so, all of us are responsible for the blessings we enjoy as free citizens of the most powerful and prosperous nation on earth. This values system and form of government has incredible power to be a force for good in the world, and we have a responsibility to be a part of achieving that.
