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  New Columbian Ambassador to the United States, Gabriel Silva, points out to areas on a map of Colombia in an atlas on Rep. Peter Roskam’s coffee table. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam, of Wheaton, poses a question about repealing the 1099 provision in healthcare legislation during a Ways and Means Committee meeting on March 3. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Chief Deputy Whip Peter J. Roskam speaks about his district during a Ways and Means Committee meeting on March 3. “Whenever he speaks about an issue, he always brings it back to Wheaton,” friend and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, of California, has noted. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Chief Deputy Whip Peter J. Roskam gives a tv interview on CNN in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Constituent Elizabeth Montanez of Lombard talks to Chief Deputy Whip Peter J. Roskam on behalf of the Lupus Foundation in his Cannon House office on March 2, 2011. Montanez, who has had Lupus for 30 years, talks about its debilitating affects on her life and other with the disease. Roskam asked her several questions about the disease to learn more about it. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam is interviewed on CNN in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office building. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam, of Wheaton, left, walks with his Communications Director, Daniel Conston, in the rotunda of the Cannon House Building on the way to an interview with CNN. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  6th District Congressman and GOP Chief Deputy Whip Peter J. Roskam on CNN, speaking about Repulbicans push for spending cuts to the federal budget. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  6th District Congressman Peter Roskam listens to a constituent during a meeting in his congressional office office. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Congressman Peter Roskam enters his Cannon House office before a meeting with Columbian Ambassador to the United States, Gabriel Silva. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Congressman Peter Roskam points out areas on a Columbian map while meeting with the Colombian Ambassador to the United States, Gabriel Silva, in an atlas on Roskam’s coffee table. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Chief Deputy Whip Peter J. Roskam gets miked up in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building. He made national television appearances several times the first week of March to talk about House Republicans’ efforts to cut spending. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Plaque outside the office of Chief Deputy Whip Peter J. Roskam in the Cannon House Office Building. Plaques and flags are mounted outside all the doors of the congressmen in the building, though the offices themselves are very different inside. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam on CNN. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Rep. Peter Roskam, of Wheaton, attends a Ways and Means Committee meeting in the Longworth House office building March 3. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Congressman Peter J. Roskam in his Cannon House office. As Chief Deputy Whip, Roskam also has another office just off the House floor in the Capitol, but he says he prefers to meet with constituents in the less formal setting. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Pete Legan, an Oakbrook-based IBM executive, meets with Congressman Peter J. Roskam in his office on March 2. Roskam’s staff, foreground, are also seated. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  Rep. Peter J. Roskam, second from left, listens to presentations during a Ways and Means Committee meeting on March 3. Roskam was specially introduced as GOP Chief Deputy Whip. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com
  With members of his staff standing by, Chief Deputy Whip Peter J. Roskam an interview in the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com