32 Quotes by Rebecca Rausch

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.

The governor hasn't ruled anything out, but I would characterize that as a distant option.

We see it as just another lottery game that's comparable to bingo.

The organizations listed on our news release verbally gave us their support and indicated they'd be sending in letters.

We cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would want to return to the system that we inherited.

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.

We feel like it's a good meeting and it's something to build on.

The budget is a process of give and take.

This is a game of chance that is considered a lottery game. The lottery has specific abilities and they wouldn't have the ability to do video poker for instance.