that's moving forward and i want to thank senator kim lightford and linda chapel and many more who helped lead this effort. [ applause ] we also took a big step forward by passing the illinois dream act. to help immigrant families. in the years to come, more kids will go to college. more kids will chase their dreams. more kids will grow up to be illinois residents who work hard and contribute to society because of the dream act. i think it is very important that we understand that we all have a stake in the future of illinois. indeed, we are custodians of that future. we owe it to the next generation to continue our progress of the past three years. to create jobs and grow our economy, we must continue to invest in illinois and help every day people. with this in mind, i'm proposing the illinois jobs agenda for 2012 so we can build and grow our economy today and tomorrow. the illinois jobs agenda includes three targeted tax cuts that will help build and grow our economy by helping our employers and helping our working families and helping our veterans. first, i propose that we permanently

so, thank you to senator kim lightford, representative linda chapa la via, and the many others who helped lead this effort. [applause] we also took a big step forward by passing the illinois dream act to help high school graduates from immigrant families. in the years to come, more kids will go to college. more kids will chase their dreams. more kids will grow up to be illinois residents who work hard and contribute to society because of the dream act. i think it's very important that we understand that we all have a stake in the future of illinois. indeed, we are custodians of that future. we owe it to the next generation to continue our progress of the past three years. to create jobs and grow our economy, we must continue to invest in illinois and help everyday people. with this in mind, i am proposing the illinois jobs agenda for 2012 so we can build and grow our economy today and tomorrow. the illinois jobs agenda includes three targeted tax cuts that will build and grow our economy by helping our employers, our working families, and our veterans. first, i propose that we permanently

so, thank you to senator kim lightford, representative linda chapa la via, and the many others who helpedlead this effort. [applause] we also took a big step forward by passing the illinois dream act to help high school graduates from immigrant families. in the years to come, more kids will go to college. more kids will chase their dreams. more kids will grow up to be illinois residents who work hard and contribute to society because of the dream act. i think it's very important that we understand that we all have a stake in the future of illinois. indeed, we are custodians of that future. we owe it to the next generation to continue our progress of the past three years. to create jobs and grow our economy, we must continue to invest in illinois and help everyday people. with this in mind, i am proposing the illinois jobs agenda for 2012 so we can build and grow our economy today and tomorrow. the illinois jobs agenda includes three targeted tax cuts that will build and grow our economy by helping our employers, our working families, and our veterans. first, i propose that we permanently

so, thank you to senator kim lightford, representative linda chapa la via, and the many others who helped lead this effort. [applause] we also took a big step forward by passing the illinois dream act to help high school graduates from immigrant families. in the years to come, more kids will go to college. more kids will chase their dreams. more kids will grow up to be illinois residents who work hard and contribute to society because of the dream act. i think it's very important that we understand that we all have a stake in the future of illinois. indeed, we are custodians of that future. we owe it to the next generation to continue our progress of the past three years. to create jobs and grow our economy, we must continue to invest in illinois and help everyday people. with this in mind, i am proposing the illinois jobs agenda for 2012 so we can build and grow our economy today and tomorrow. the illinois jobs agenda includes three targeted tax cuts that will build and grow our economy by helping our employers, our working families, and our veterans. first, i propose that we permanently