Rebecca Rausch Quotes (17 Quotes)

So many things in the environment affect children's health, ... There's an obvious link there.

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.

The budget is a process of give and take.

We had been discussing with them, answering questions, but didn't know the attorney general would be issuing an opinion today.

Because Patti is a private businesswoman, we won't dissect the deals and the business that she does.

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.

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.

He has demonstrated a strong commitment to ISU. He works in the best interest of the university.

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.

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.

It was a good meeting. This is a process of give and take.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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