Rebecca Rausch
Rebecca Rausch
build good meeting
We feel like it's a good meeting and it's something to build on.
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The governor meets thousands and thousands of people every year, takes pictures with many of them and unfortunately just can't remember every person he encounters. He does not recall meeting Sister Muhammad and, by extension, was not aware of her religious affiliation.
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It was a good meeting. They made some initial progress, agreed to meet again, and learned the House speaker, Senate president and governor are not that far apart.
approve budget budgets confident emerge final meets needs people
There is going to be give and take in the final budget. We're confident we are going to emerge with a budget that meets the needs of the governor, the legislators who approve it and the people of this state.
asking cover legal outrageous
We think it's pretty outrageous that they're asking us to cover their legal fees when we're not done with the legal battle.
comparable expansion lottery sells store
We don't see this as (an expansion of gambling) because it's something that the lottery can already do. It's comparable to a new convenience store going up that sells lottery tickets. That wouldn't be an expansion of gambling.
consider general ideas willing
We are willing to consider other ideas from the General Assembly.
affect environment link obvious
So many things in the environment affect children's health, ... There's an obvious link there.
bill continuing focused trying votes
We're continuing to do everything we can to get the bill through the House. We're focused on trying to get the 60 votes we need.
business deals dissect private
Because Patti is a private businesswoman, we won't dissect the deals and the business that she does.
anyone cannot mind return system understand
We cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would want to return to the system that we inherited.
gave listed news release sending support
The organizations listed on our news release verbally gave us their support and indicated they'd be sending in letters.
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The reason why we're having this discussion is because we want to build schools. Keno is a way we can do that. We don't see a reason why legislators wouldn't support building roads or schools.
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We think we would be much better served by passing a capital bill. There are a lot of schools in Illinois with needs including those that are still on the list. Passing a comprehensive capital construction program is the right thing to do.