families. thank you representative barbara flynn currie, representative john bradley, representative david harris and senator toi hutchinson. you help get the job done with your colleagues. [applause] by doubling the illinois earned income tax credit and improving the personal exemption, we are providing targeted tax relief to a million working families and their children. people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in