Rebecca Rausch
Rebecca Rausch
ability benefit cell research save stem
Stem cell research has the ability to save lives. In the long run, we feel like everyone will benefit from this research in one way or another.
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Patti was able to work much more this year than she has in recent years, ... For one, she wasn't pregnant and she didn't have a newborn at home.
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Gov. Blagojevich believes in not raising taxes and using the money we have for schools, health care, job creation and law enforcement. The treasurer apparently believes we should take the people's money and use it to hire more employees.
budget budgets process
The budget is a process of give and take.
affect environment link obvious
So many things in the environment affect children's health, ... There's an obvious link there.
far good leaders leaders-and-leadership
It was a good meeting. The leaders are not that far apart.
agreed far good governor house initial learned meet president progress senate
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.
build building discussion reason roads support
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.
few helping minutes positive president seemed spent
The president seemed positive about helping us. They spent just a few minutes talking.
comparable game lottery
We see it as just another lottery game that's comparable to bingo.
distant governor ruled
The governor hasn't ruled anything out, but I would characterize that as a distant option.
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The governor is committed to passing a capital bill and we think this bill that we are talking about leaves little room for excuses to not to consider this plan. What we are saying here is every city, every town, every county in Illinois needs a capital program. They have school needs, they have road needs, they have mass transit needs and they need jobs. This bill addresses all of those areas. We think this is a bill that both sides of the aisle should seriously consider for the health and the benefit of their districts.
aware governor meeting meets muhammad people pictures recall religious remember sister takes thousands
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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The governor thinks Tim Martin is the right guy to lead that agency.