#illinois

Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable. ↗

— Adam Kinzinger

#better #better tomorrow #clear #fight #future

Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in Congress to secure the necessary funding to maintain full service. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#colleagues #congress #continue #economy #extremely

One of the chiefs of this nation, with his young men, escorted us to the Lake of the Illinois. ↗

— Jacques Marquette

#his #illinois #lake #men #nation

I still think of myself as from Illinois. ↗

— Alison Krauss

#illinois #myself #still #think

I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders. ↗

— Tom Morello

#color #first #i #illinois #integrated

Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#around #ask #because #children #constitution

President Obama's fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#farming #fight #grandparents #illinois #kansas

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#ascribe #back #brilliant #calculating #circumstances

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed. ↗

— John Shimkus

#always #before #best #bill #counties

Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains. ↗

— John Shimkus

#exporter #farmers #feed #grains #illinois