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Governor Quinn's 2013 State of the State Address
A
President
John
Cullerton
speaker
mike
madigan
leaders,
Christine
Radogno
and
Tom
cross
members
of
the
General,
Assembly
and
distinguished
guests
good
afternoon.
It's
an
honor
to
address
you
at
the
start
of
a
new
legislative
session
and
let
me
again
welcome
our
38
new
legislators,
men
and
women
committed
to
serving
their
districts
and
our
state.
We
are
joined.
A
We
joined
this
afternoon
by
Lieutenant
Governor
sheila
Simon
Attorney
General,
Lisa
Madigan
and
Secretary
of
State
Jesse
White
comptroller,
judy
baar
topinka,
treasurer
Dan
Rutherford
Auditor
General
Bill
Holland
Superintendent
of
Education
Chris
Cook
justice
Kilbride.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
We
want
to
thank
all
of
those
who
are
present
here
today
and
we
want
to
thank
in
particular,
secretary
white
for
a
career
of
public
service
and
the
impact
that
you
have
made
in
reducing
traffic
fatalities
over
the
past
four
years
to
historic
lows
in
our
state.
A
A
And
as
we
gather
here
today,
let
us
also
thank
our
Illinois
men
and
women
in
uniform,
whose
service
and
sacrifice
make
occasions
like
this
possible
we're
honored
to
have
with
us
today
sergeant
James
sisal
a
lead
firefighter
with
the
Illinois
National
Guard
660.
Second
firefighting
team
based
in
Sparta
last
year's
sergeant
sisal
was
scheduled
to
leave
military
service,
but
instead
he
volunteered
to
extend
his
service,
so
he
could
deploy
with
his
unit
to
Afghanistan
there.
He
and
his
seven-man
team
responded
to
dozens
of
fires
and
emergencies.
A
A
This
year
we
mark
the
10th
anniversary
of
the
Illinois
military
family
relief
trust
fund,
a
program
which
has
provided
more
than
14
million
dollars
to
support
families
of
our
deployed
service
members,
including
sergeant
Cecil
and
his
family.
Last
year
in
Illinois,
we
understand
the
profound
debt
of
gratitude
we
owe
our
heroes
and
I'm
proud
to
say,
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
Illinois,
to
sergeant
sizzle
and
to
all
our
service
members,
our
veterans
and
their
families.
Thank
you
for
your
service
and
your
sacrifice.
A
Fellow
citizens
of
Illinois
I
am
here
to
report
on
the
state
of
our
state,
and
let
there
be
no
mistake,
our
state
is
at
a
critical
juncture.
We
have
made
strong
progress
in
the
last
four
years
on
everything
from
creating
jobs
and
reforming
our
education
system,
to
enacting
strong
ethical
standards
and
improving
our
roads,
bridges
and
rail
systems
like
never
before.
We
have
moved
Illinois
forward,
but
we
have
much
more
to
do
and
at
this
point
each
and
every
one
of
us
has
a
choice
to
make
about
what
we
want
our
Illinois
to
look
like.
A
A
This
is
a
choice
about
whether
we
will
make
the
tough
decisions
necessary
to
balance
our
budget
by
reforming
our
public
pension
systems
or
whether
we
will
let
our
jobs,
our
safety
and
our
schools
be
squeezed
out
by
skyrocketing
pension
costs.
We
have
a
tall
task
ahead
of
us.
This
is
no
small
issue
and
doing
what's
hard,
isn't
always
what's
popular
at
the
moment,
but
we
must
remember
that
hard
is
not
impossible.
A
In
fact,
last
year
we
made
major
progress
on
some
of
the
most
impossible
issues
that
if
every
could
ever
confronted
our
state,
we
overhauled
our
Medicaid
program
and
saved
it
from
the
brink
of
collapse.
We
abolished
the
trouble
legislative
scholarship
program
and
we
successfully
close
54
state
facilities,
saving
taxpayers,
100
million
dollars
a
year.
A
We
did
these
hard
things
working
together
in
good
faith
across
the
eye,
and
that's
because
we're
not
in
Illinois
of
thirteen
million
individuals
each
going
their
own
separate
way,
no
we're
a
community,
a
community
of
shared
values
and
we
all
share
a
vision
of
a
better
Illinois,
an
Illinois
that
is
more
prosperous
in
Illinois
that
embraces
all
people
whose
communities
are
safe
and
whose
children
are
educated
for
the
good
jobs
of
the
future.
We
all
want
this.
This
is
our
Illinois
and
we've
made
great
strides
toward
making
it
a
reality.
A
Our
Illinois
is
a
place
where
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
work
and
where
our
companies
innovate
and
grow.
When
I
took
the
oath
of
office
four
years
ago,
Illinois
had
not
had
a
jobs
program
to
build
highways,
bridges
and
schools.
In
more
than
10
years
within
10
weeks,
we
passed
Illinois
jobs.
Now
the
largest
public
works
investment
in
our
state's
history,
and
between
that
and
our
tollway
initiative,
we've
been
investing
43
billion
dollars
to
build
and
strengthen
our
infrastructure.
A
A
Dawn
and
her
fellow
workers
are
ready
to
rebuild
the
Jane
Addams
tollway
to
Rockford
they're,
building
a
bridge
across
the
Mississippi
River
in
East,
st.
Louis
and
they've
already
completed
the
new
wacker
drive
in
Chicago,
but
we
have
much
more
to
do
so.
Members
of
the
General
Assembly,
let's
enact
house
bill
190
without
delay
and
keep
those
construction
jobs
going.
That's
our
Illinois
now,
four
years
ago,
many
thought
high-speed
rail
was
a
pipe
dream,
but
now
we're
making
it
a
reality
in
Illinois,
creating
thousands
of
jobs
and
paving
the
way
for
more
economic
growth.
A
A
One
year
ago,
right
here
in
this
chamber,
I
made
the
commitment
to
every
Illinois
resident
to
update
our
water
systems
and
make
sure
that
everyone
has
access
to
clean
drinking
water
through
our
Illinois
clean
water
initiative,
we're
investing
1
billion
dollars
in
clean
water,
supporting
more
than
28,000
jobs
to
replace
broken
water
systems,
upgrade
sewers
and
clean
up
environmental
threats
and
tulare
swope
of
the
illinois
pipe
trades
and
jim
coin
head
of
plumbers,
Local
1
30.
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work.
A
We're
investing
in
clean
water
in
pekin,
in
Princeton,
in
hinckley,
in
elmhurst,
in
France,
Flanagan
and
in
Chicago,
and
we
have
much
more
to
do
soon,
we'll
be
putting
workers
on
the
job
for
new,
clean
water
projects
in
Kankakee,
murphysboro
and
all
across
Cook
County.
We
are
leading
the
way
in
creating
clean
water
jobs.
That's
our
Illinois
in
our
Illinois
small
business
means
big
business
driving
economic
growth
for
small
business
requiring
requires
doing
all
we
can
to
make
sure
government
is
not
in
the
way,
while
always
protecting
the
health
and
safety
of
consumers.
A
Four
years
ago,
Illinois
had
one
of
the
worst
and
most
burdensome
worker
compensation
systems
in
the
country
that
didn't
help
our
business
or
our
workers.
So
we
reform
the
system,
saving
business,
millions
of
dollars
in
insurance
premiums,
and
we
did
it
working
together
with
both
parties
and
thank
you,
leader,
Christine
Radogno,.
A
Achieving
this
reform
was
not
easy,
but
hard
is
not
impossible.
We
all
know
that
business
requires
capital,
and
four
years
ago,
capital
was
hard
to
find
as
all
of
Illinois
suffered
from
the
Great
Recession.
So
we
invested
in
our
small
businesses
providing
23
million
dollars
in
federal
funding
to
scores
of
companies
through
advantage
Illinois
and
we've
awarded
micro
loans
to
hundreds
of
businesses,
primarily
to
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
in
high-need
communities.
A
In
the
past
four
years,
we've
increased
a
participation
of
minority
and
women-owned
firms
in
state
contracts
and
we're
going
to
do
more.
Our
efforts
at
helping
businesses
light
urban
juncture
in
Chicago's
Brownsville
neighborhood,
where
owner
Bernard
Lloyd
is
creating
70
jobs
and
tackling
the
food
desert.
That's
what
we
want
to
do,
and
we
want
to
thank
Bernard
for
putting
people
back
to
work.
Thank,
You,
Brock,.
A
In
our
Illinois
working
people
find
good
jobs,
not
just
for
today,
but
for
tomorrow,
we've
worked
to
expand
our
clean
energy
economy,
creating
10,000
green-collar
jobs,
but
we
have
much
more
to
do
we're,
making
our
buildings
more
efficient,
we're
expanding
a
renewable
energy
capacity.
That's
what
our
Illinois
looks
like
to
create
the
21st
century
jobs
we're
also
investing
in
innovation.
We
worked
with
Argonne
National
Laboratory
to
bring
a
new
research
facility
to
Illinois
in
the
next
five
years.
A
Our
gun
will
lead
a
public/private
team
to
create
the
next
generation
battery
a
battery
that
it's
five
times
cheaper
and
lasts
five
times
longer
than
today's
batteries.
We
also
help
create
1871
a
digital
hub
that
is
now
home
to
more
than
200
startups,
but
there's
a
lot
more
to
be
done
now.
It's
the
time
to
take
the
same,
innovative,
public-private
partnership
approach
to
advanced
manufacturing
in
the
last
three
years.
A
Manufacturing
has
been
one
of
our
state's
leading
Road
sectors,
creating
nearly
40,000
new
manufacturing
jobs,
we're
at
the
cutting
edge
of
advanced
manufacturing,
and
we
need
to
stay
there.
That's
why
we're
partnering,
with
the
University
of
Illinois
in
the
National
Center
for
supercomputing
applications
to
create
an
advanced
manufacturing
hub
where
companies,
big
and
small,
can
come
to
learn
and
use
the
world's
most
sophisticated
tools
and
software.
The
Illinois
manufacturing
lab
will
make
our
manufacturers
even
more
competitive.
Now
in
Illinois
we
leave
no
worker
behind,
as
we
create
the
next
generation
jobs.
A
We
must
ensure
that
our
workers
are
equipped
for
these
jobs.
Today
there
are
140,000
job
openings
in
our
state
that
are
unfilled,
because
the
people
looking
for
jobs
don't
have
the
necessary
skills,
so
we're
closing
the
skills
gap.
Over
the
past
year,
we've
trained
thousands
of
workers
for
jobs
in
high-demand
industries
like
health
care,
manufacturing
and
construction,
and
but
let's
not
forget
one
community
that
already
has
great
technical
skills
and
training.
That's
our
veterans.
We
need
to
make
sure
their
military
training
counts
here
in
Illinois.
A
That's
why
this
morning,
I
signed
an
executive
order,
the
directs
our
licensing
agencies
to
assess
military
training
for
state
license
requirements.
Just
last
month,
we
completed
a
good
first
step
with
the
Board
of
Nursing
approving
a
suggested
Ridge
curriculum
for
military
medics
to
obtain
LPM
licenses.
We
owe
it
to
our
veterans
and
to
our
companies
to
keep
the
process
moving
and
that's
exactly
what
my
executive
order
will
do,
will
help
more
companies,
hire
more
veterans
and
take
advantage
of
the
hiring
veterans
tax
credit
that
we
passed
last
year.
A
A
A
And
as
dr.
Martin
Luther,
King
jr.
once
said,
it's
always
the
right
time
to
do
the
right
thing.
Dr.
King
also
said
of
all
the
forms
of
inequality.
Injustice
in
health
care
is
the
most
shocking
and
inhumane
in
our
Illinois.
Everyone
should
have
access
to
decent
health
care.
12
years
ago,
when
I
walk
167
miles
across
Illinois
I
met
a
young
mother
in
mendota
who
worked
full-time
as
a
waitress.
She
didn't
have
health
insurance
that
wasn't
right
then,
and
it's
not
right.
Now.
A
A
But
to
make
this
a
reality,
we
must
act
now
we
have
work
to
do
so.
I
call
upon
the
General
Assembly
to
increase
access
to
Medicaid
health
coverage
for
the
uninsured
and
to
create
the
Illinois
health
insurance
exchange.
I
want
to
thank
speaker
mike
madigan
for
his
commitment
to
ensure
that
we
reap
the
benefits
of
the
Affordable
Care
Act
and
to
the
members
of
the
legislative
black
caucus.
Thank
you
for
making
sure
it's
everybody
in,
and
nobody
left
out.
A
We
also
share
a
vision
of
Illinois
where
every
child
is
prepared
to
succeed,
and
that
starts
with
education
reform.
Four
years
ago,
Illinois
was
behind,
but
now
we're
setting
the
reform
agenda
for
the
nation
I
signed
into
law
education,
reforms
that
put
the
students
of
Illinois.
First,
these
reforms
have
improved
school
report
cards
so
that
parents
are
empowered
with
more
information
about
the
schools
that
educate
their
kids.
A
That's
why
we're
building
phase
two
of
a
new
campus
for
Western
Illinois
in
the
Quad
Cities,
and
that's
why
we've
just
completed
a
new
on
a
motive
aeronautics
building
at
SIU
in
Carbondale
in
our
Illinois.
Anything
is
possible,
especially
when
it
comes
to
educating
our
students,
but,
let's
be
frank,
the
pension
squeeze
is
draining
our
ability
to
teach
our
students,
our
children
are
being
short
changed
and
in
the
end,
that
short
changes
our
economy
too.
That's
not
our
Illinois
in
our
Illinois.
We
find
a
way
to
get
hard
things
done.
A
We
address
the
hard
issues
issues
like
the
threat
of
gun
violence.
Last
December
our
hearts
broke
along
with
the
parents
of
the
children
who
died
in
the
horrific
massacre
in
Newtown
Connecticut
in
our
hearts
break
every
day
with
families
who
suffer
from
violence
in
Illinois
communities.
Families
like
the
Pendle
is
whose
daughter
Hadiya
was
stolen
from
us.
Last
week,
I
spoke
with
hadiya's
family
on
Monday.
A
There
are
no
words
in
the
English
language
or
any
language
to
relieve
the
pain
of
parents
who
lose
a
child
in
the
Old
Testament,
the
Prophet
Jeremiah
wept
day
and
night
for
the
slain
of
his
people.
Today
we
all
weep
over
the
senseless
violence
in
our
communities,
but,
as
elected
officials,
we're
in
a
position
to
do
something
about
it,
we
have
life-saving
work
to
do.
We
cannot
wait
for
another
tragedy
to
happen
before
we
take
action.
We
must
move
forward
with
a
comprehensive
plan
that
includes
gun
safety,
legislation,
mental
health
care
and
violence
prevention
strategies.
A
A
Of
course,
we
must
abide
by
the
Second
Amendment,
but
there
is
no
place
in
our
state
for
military-style
assault
weapons
designed
for
rapid
fire
at
human
targets
at
close
range
and
I
want
to
thank
Orland,
Park
police
chief
and
former
Secret
Service
agent,
Tim
McCarthy,
an
American
hero
who
saved
the
life
of
President
Ronald
Reagan
for
his
help
on
this
issue.
Thank
you.
Tim.
A
We
must
ensure
that
guns
are
kept
out
of
every
day,
public
places
because
guns
don't
belong
in
our
schools,
shopping
malls
or
sports
stadiums,
and
we
must
make
Illinois
safer
by
strengthening
background
checks
and
by
requiring
gun
owners
to
report
lost
or
stolen
guns.
Now,
I
want
to
salute
Co,
County,
Board,
President,
Toni,
Preckwinkle
and
state's
attorney
anita
alvarez
and
Mayor
Rahm
Emanuel
for
their
leadership
on
this
issue.
We
must
also
empower
our
law
enforcement
to
keep
guns
from
falling
into
the
wrong
hands,
and
that
means
we
need
reliable
mental
health
records
for
years.
A
Counties
across
our
state
have
not
been
reporting
their
mental
health
records
to
the
Illinois
State
Police
this
year.
We
need
every
county
to
step
up
and
do
its
part
to
ensure
that
mental
health
records
are
updated
in
real
time.
If
there's
one
thing
that
we
can
learn
from
Newtown,
it
is
that
we
can
never
rest
when
it
comes
to
school
safety.
Last
month
I
convened
a
school
safety
summit
with
education,
Public
Safety
mental
health
and
law
enforcement
leaders
to
identify
better
ways
to
protect
our
schools.
Our
students
and
our
teachers
can
never
be
too
prepared.
A
A
We
also
believe
in
in
Illinois
where
people
from
all
walks
of
life
are
welcome,
and
over
the
past
four
years
we've
made
major
strides
towards
achieving
this
vision
of
a
more
perfect
democracy.
We
share
the
belief
that
everyone
deserves
an
opportunity
to
follow
their
dreams
and
reach
their
full
potential.
But
four
years
ago
there
was
no
scholarship
program
for
high
school
graduates
from
immigrant
families.
We
change
that
by
creating
the
Illinois
dream
Commission
and
this
year
that
Commission
will
start
awarding
scholarships
to
dreamers
across
Illinois.
A
A
Four
years
ago,
Illinois
lagged
behind
the
nation
in
providing
community
care
to
people
with
developmental
disabilities
and
mental
health
challenges.
We
were
institutionalizing
more
people
than
any
other
state,
even
though
community
care
has
proven
to
provide
a
better
quality
of
life.
So
we're
changing
that
we're
committed
to
making
sure
all
our
citizens,
regardless
of
the
challenges
they
face,
have
the
opportunity
to
reach
their
full
potential.
That's
why
we
closed
outdated
institutions
and
we
invested
in
community
care.
We
invested
in
people.
A
People
like
Eddie
Flemming
people
like
Eddie,
are
now
thriving,
with
a
better,
more
independent
life
after
12
years
of
living
at
a
state
institution,
and
he
recently
moved
to
a
community
home.
He
chooses
what
he
wants
to
eat
for
breakfast
lunch
and
dinner.
He
goes
shopping.
He
walks
around
his
neighborhood
and
he
practices
his
guitar
on
his
own
porch
Eddie
makes
his
own
choices
and
chases
his
own
dreams.
That's
our
Illinois.
A
I'm
glad
Eddie
is
here
today
because
that's
really
what
our
government
is
all
about,
helping
people
like
Getty
who
need
champions
and
I'm
pleased
to
announce
today
that,
because
of
our
commitment,
Illinois
will
soon
receive
significant
new
resources
to
provide
supportive
housing
for
people
like
Getty
and
people
with
disabilities
across
Illinois.
These
resources
will
not
only
provide
a
roof
over
their
heads,
but
also
the
skills,
training,
the
counseling
and
the
services
they
need
to
become
productive
members
of
their
communities
and
we're
not
done
yet.
A
A
But
our
Illinois
is
not
a
land
of
discrimination
four
years
ago.
Nobody
thought
civil
unions
would
be
possible
here
today.
Civil
unions
are
the
law
of
our
state
and
nearly
five
thousand
two
hundred
couples
across
94
counties
have
joined
in
a
civil
union.
Now
it's
time
to
take
the
next
step
in
achieving
full
equality.
Marriage
equality
is
coming
to
Illinois
and
yesterday
was
a
great
start
in
the
Senate
Executive
Committee
I
want
to
thank
Senator,
Heather,
stains
representative
Greg
Harris
for
their
work
to
move
Illinois
forward.
A
Our
democracy
is
strongest
when
more
people
and
voters
raise
their
voices
at
the
ballot
box.
That's
why
Illinois
should
join
15
other
states
in
making
voter
registration
available
online.
We
must
move
our
election
process
into
the
21st
century
and,
while
we're
at
it,
let's
pass
a
long
overdue
law
to
allow
voters
to
participate
in
primary
elections
without
having
to
publicly
declare
their
party
affiliation.
That's
our
Illinois
and
in
our
Illinois,
consumers
are
protected.
Everyone
in
the
marketplace
deserves
a
fair
shake.
Four
years
ago,
runaway
bankers
brought
the
Illinois
economy
to
its
knees.
A
These
shady
operators
peddled
risky
mortgage
loan
products
costing
far
too
many
people
their
homes.
We
must
protect
our
homeowners
from
this
kind
of
fraud
and
abuse,
and
thank
you,
senator
Jackie
Collins
and
former
representative
Karen
Yarborough
for
your
legislation
to
help
people
who
are
facing
foreclosure
I
will
proudly
sign
your
bill
into
law.
That's
Friday.
A
We
do
not
forget
about
how
our
hardest
hit
families
during
their
hour
of
need.
That's
why
we've
helped
6550
families
in
92
counties
stay
in
their
homes
through
our
hardest
hit
program
and
more
than
half
million
families
have
received
counseling
and
other
resources
through
the
Illinois
foreclosure
prevention
Network
that
I
launched
last
year,
but
there's
much
more
to
do.
We
want
to
help
more
families
stay
in
their
homes
in
the
year
to
come.
A
fair
shake
for
consumers
also
means
protection
from
unfair
practices
by
big
utility
companies.
A
30
years
ago,
I
spearheaded
a
referendum
campaign
which
created
the
illinois
citizens
utility
board
our
watchdog
over
the
utility
giants
since
then,
klubbheads
reduced
utility
rate
hikes
and
one
billions
of
dollars
in
refunds
for
consumers.
Now
more
than
ever,
we
need
a
strong
consumer
and
citizen
Utility
Board
and
a
strong
Illinois
Commerce
Commission.
That's
why
I'm
nominating
a
proven
advocate
for
the
public
interest,
Miguel
del
Rio
to
serve
on
the
Illinois
Commerce
Commission.
A
Thank
you
for
your
service
Miguel
and
in
our
Illinois.
We
know
that
government
belongs
to
the
people
not
to
the
office
holders.
Citizens
should
be
able
at
all
times,
to
trust
their
elected
officials.
Four
years
ago,
Illinois
was
the
Wild
West
of
campaign
fundraising
and
it
showed
we
had
a
corrupt
governor
removed
from
office
and
headed
to
prison
and
another
already
in
prison
both
for
fundraising
abuses.
This
was
not
our
Illinois,
so
we
changed
it.
We
passed
a
strong
ethics
code
for
office
holders
and
public
employees.
A
For
the
first
time
in
our
history,
we
enacted
campaign
contribution
limits
and
we
gave
the
people
of
Illinois
the
ability
to
use
the
power
of
petition
to
recall
a
corrupt
government,
but
our
constant
mission
to
restore
integrity
to
government
cannot
end.
Here.
We
have
more
work
to
do
in
1976
I.
Let
a
petition
drive
to
ban
conflict
of
interest
voting
in
the
General
Assembly
630
5158
voters
sign
this
petition.
A
The
greatest
number
of
signatures
ever
gathered
on
a
single
petition
in
Illinois
history,
silence
about
conflict
of
interest,
voting,
wasn't
our
Illinois
then,
and
it's
not
our
Illinois.
Now
we
can
do
better.
Conflicts
of
interest
are
regulated
all
over
from
the
Illinois
Supreme
Court
to
right
here
in
the
executive
branch
in
more
than
30
states
have
banned
conflict
of
interest
voting,
so
should
Illinois.
A
With
this
reform,
we
can
keep
moving
toward
a
state
government
that
always
puts
the
people
first
and
a
government
that
tackles
the
tough
issues,
no
matter
how
hard
that
brings
us
to
the
back
to
the
toughest
of
all
issues.
The
public
pension
system
which
left
unreformed
is
squeezing
out
education,
Public,
Safety
and
other
vital
services
to
the
tune
of
17
million
dollars.
A
A
in
our
communities
that
squeeze
looks
like
crete-monee
district
201,
eliminating
art,
music
and
PE
classes
for
grade
schoolers
in
DuPage
high
school
district
88.
It
looks
like
larger
class
sizes
and
less
attention
for
students
and
across
Illinois.
It
looks
like
credit
downgrades
and
fewer
roads
and
bridges
repair.
This
is
not
our
Illinois.
In
the
last
four
years
we've
created
jobs,
we've
invested
in
our
Public
Works
and
we've
enacted
major
reforms.
A
We've
helped
our
auto
industry
recover
with
Chrysler
and
Belvedere,
going
from
200
jobs
when
I
first
took
office
to
more
than
4,500
jobs
today
and
we're
bringing
our
economy
back.
Lowering
unemployment
from
11.4
percent
at
the
peak
of
the
Great
Recession
to
eight
point
seven
percent
today,
but
we
have
a
long
long
way
to
go
and
we
cannot
allow
our
economic
recovery
to
be
held
hostage
by
the
pension
crisis.
We
simply
must
act.
Our
vision
for
our
Illinois
cannot
be
fully
realized
without
pension
reform.
A
Hard
is
not
impossible.
Last
year
was
an
election
year,
but
many
of
you
in
this
chamber
did
not
let
that
stop
you
from
working
together
to
reduce
our
Medicaid
liability
by
two
billion
dollars
that
wasn't
easy
to
do
with
a
14
billion
dollar
program,
but
you
did
the
right
thing.
You
also
work
with
me
to
abolish
the
much
abuse
legislative
scholarship
program.
A
What
we
all
need
in
this
coming
session
is
courage,
real
political
courage
to
do
the
right
thing.
We
don't
need
to
look
any
further
for
examples
of
courage
than
our
men
and
women
in
uniform
men
like
sergeant
Tyler's,
iggle,
a
proud
marine
who
grew
up
in
metamora
illinois
on
christmas,
eve
of
2004
ty
suffered
massive
and
disfiguring
injuries
when
a
suicide
bomber
attacked
near
his
vehicle
in
iraq.
A
Like
so
many
of
his
fellow
wounded
warriors
ty
fought
back,
he
fought
back
through
59
surgeries
and
untold
emotional
scars
to
become
an
advocate
for
veterans
and
military
families.
Last
december
sergeant
Siegle
what
died
in
an
accident
may
his
immortal
soul
rest
in
peace.
He
was
a
great
marine,
Semper
Fi
and
a
man
I
was
very
proud
to
know
any
of
our
service
members
like
Tyler's
Eagle
can
summon
that
kind
of
courage
day
after
day,
then,
surely
we
can
summon
political
courage
in
the
days
to
come
with
courage,
hard
is
not
impossible.
A
We
are
not
a
state.
We
are
not
a
people
that
shiz
away
from
hard
things,
not
in
the
Land
of
Lincoln
that
Illinoisan,
who
showed
the
whole
country
in
all
posterity,
what's
possible
when
commitment
and
integrity
are
brought
to
bear
together,
we
can
guide
Illinois
safely
through
this
pension
challenge
and
we
can
continue
to
make
our
Illinois
a
reality.