Alex Warshawsky in good company seeking answers from Congressman Roskam

My fellow Illinois Sixth District constituent Alex Warshawsky, featured in today's Daily Herald over his frustration in getting a straight answer from our Congressman Peter Roskam's office on Roskam's position on gutting the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, is in good company. Dozens if not hundreds of Roskam's constituents had the same experience Tuesday. After several calls to both Roskam's DC and suburban offices failed to go through, Ed, a pleasant young man, finally answered from DC. He quickly became discombobulated by my request to for a straight answer to a straight question. When I asked to speak to his boss, he said nobody else was home. He did promise to have someone call me with an answer but rest assured I'm not holding my breath waiting. Even Houdini couldn't hold it 48 hours.

The Herald lamented in their editorial today on the tone deafness of Republicans trying to gut House ethics oversight, citing a Politico report Roskam spoke in favor of the gutting in Monday's closed door GOP session. Giving the independent panel caused Roskam major embarrassment over his $25,000 Taiwan paid for freebie vacation in 2011, before the House cleared him, his opposition is understandable, though inexcusable.

When penning a bill, such as gutting the Affordable Care Act, that plays well with his base, Roskam is front and center media savvy. But when playing the cynical, career politician whose conduct insults every Sixth District voter, Roskam turns into the Invisible Man.