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JB Pritzker Statement on Rauner's Callous Dismissal of Veteran Families

Statement

Date: Aug. 27, 2018
Location: Chicago, IL
Issues: Veterans

Late Friday, Bruce Rauner amendatory vetoed a bill that would have raised the maximum amount families of Veterans who died at the Quincy Veterans' Home can seek in lawsuits against the state. In response, JB Pritzker released the following statement:

"I'm disgusted by Bruce Rauner's callous dismissal of Veteran families in this veto," said JB Pritzker. "These families lost loved ones because of Rauner's fatal mismanagement of the Veterans' home in Quincy. No amount of money will ever bring back a life taken too soon or soothe a family's grief, but Rauner had the indecency to lower the reparations for those who have paid the ultimate price. It is unconscionable and a disgrace to our fallen heroes. I hope the legislature overrides this bipartisan, veto-proof bill that this failed governor refused to sign into law."


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