If Roskam runs, he'll be a candidate in the GOP primary next February for the seat now held by Democrat Roland Burris.
"It's still early in a way, but it's something to take a serious look at," Roskam tells ABC7's Linda Yu. "I think anybody who's gonna put a good race together, Linda, has to have that together by the spring, in order to put the political operation into place, to begin getting around the state. "
Viewers can watch ABC7's entire interview with the congressman Sunday the news broadcast that begins at 8 a.m.