Breakfast with Invited Guest Congressman Peter Roskam

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The Batavia Chamber of Commerce is pleased to invite you to the 2012 multi-Chamber Legislative Breakfast with invited guest United States Congressman Peter Roskam. Last year's breakfast with Senator Mark Kirk was a huge success...don't miss this one!

             
Peter Roskam            2011 Legislative Breakfast

Peter Roskam is the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, the fourth-ranking Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents the Sixth District of Illinois.

 

Peter has long fought for commonsense solutions to the problems our nation faces, now doing so at the GOP leadership table. Considered a "Rising Star" by a variety of news outlets, Roskam serves on the Ways & Means Committee where he's earned a reputation as a leader championing innovative solutions on taxes, trade, and healthcare.

 

The Washington Post writes that "Roskam's positions should debunk the notion that there is some gap between GOP leadership and the grass roots."

 

Peter was born and raised in Glen Ellyn, graduating from Glenbard West High School as a varsity athlete and school leader. After graduating from the University of Illinois and then the Illinois Institute of Technology Law School, Peter worked on Capitol Hill for his predecessor, the legendary Congressman Henry Hyde. Following that, Roskam ran a non-profit scholarship program for disadvantaged youth in Chicago, Educational Assistance Ltd.

 

Before his election to Congress in 2006, Roskam was a member of the Illinois Senate from 2000-2006, serving as the Republican Whip and Floor Leader. There he served alongside then-State Senator Barack Obama. He served in the Illinois House before that from 1993 to 1998. His work earned him awards from businesses, health care, and pro-family organizations and in 2005, Americans for Tax Reform named him a "Hero of the Taxpayer."

 

Peter now lives in Wheaton with his wife of 23 years, Elizabeth, and their four children, Gracey, Frankie, Steve, and AJ.

 

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