Illinois State of the State Address
“Here’s the good news-we’ve made responsible investments, and Illinois is better built for the long term,” said Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) during his 2025 State of the State address before a joint session of the legislature in Springfield. The …Show More
MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF JOINT SESSION RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.
MR. CLARK, PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION.
BE IF THE RESULT OF THE COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED FOR FROM THE HOUSE BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND FROM THE SENATE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AGREED UPON BY GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER IN ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THE ASSEMBLY.
REPRESENTATIVE GABLE HAS MORE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED,.
RGW YWA –TRHW
AYES HAVE IT. THE FOLLOWING WILL ACCOMPANY THE GOVERNOR TO THE HOUSE.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THE APPOINTMENTS FROM THE SENATE ARE — READ THE NAMES
THE COMMITTEE OF ESCORTS PLEASE CONVENE AT THE REAR OF THE CHAMBER AND AWAIT THE GOVERNOR. MADAM DOORKEEPER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
MR., MR. SPEAKER, HIS EXCELLENCY THE 2OVERNOR 2F 2HE STATE 2F 2LLINOIS, 2B 2RITZKER AND HIS PARTY, WISH TO BE ADMITTED TO THIS CHAMBER.
MET HIM DOORKEEPER, PLEASE ADMIT OUR HONORABLE GOVERNOR AND HIS PARTY. APPLAUSE
AND GUESTS, THE HONORABLE GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE, GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER. APPLAUSE GOVERNMENT CLICKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH PLEASE SPEAKER ABOUT, IS IN HARMONY, MINORITY LEADERS, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, MY FELLOW CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, THE MEMBERS OF THE 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT , AND THE FIRST LADY. HONORED GUEST AT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE GREAT STATE OF ILLINOIS, I AM JB PRITZKER AND I AM GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO DELIVER MY SEVEN STATE OF THE STATE AND WAS ADDRESS. — SEVEN STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS. IN 1818, THE FIRST INNING THE
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The Senate on Thursday voted 51-49 to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted “yes” on the conservative firebrand’s confirmation, even while moderates Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, voted “no.”
A vote to invoke cloture and begin two hours of debate on the nominee passed 51 to 47 earlier Thursday.
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted earlier this month, 12 to 10, to advance Patel to the full floor for a vote.
Still, Patel faced a rockier path to confirmation, even in the Republican-majority chamber, after Democrats on the panel used their political weight to delay Patel’s confirmation vote earlier this month.
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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s choice to be director of the FBI, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Top Judiciary Democrat Dick Durbin claimed on the Senate floor that Patel had been behind recent mass firings at the FBI, citing what he described as “highly credible” whistleblower reports indicating Patel had personally directed the ongoing purge of FBI employees prior to his confirmation.
But that was sharply refuted by Senate Republicans, who described the allegation as a baseless and politically motivated attempt to delay Patel’s confirmation, and by a Patel aide, who described Durbin’s claim as categorically false.
This person told Fox News Digital that Patel flew home to Las Vegas after his confirmation hearing and had “been sitting there waiting for the process to play out.”
Patel, a vociferous opponent of the investigations into President Donald Trump and one who served at the forefront of Trump’s 2020 election fraud claims, vowed during his confirmation hearing last month that he would not engage in political retribution against agents who worked on the classified documents case against Trump and other politically sensitive matters.
But his confirmation comes at a time when the FBI’s activities, leadership and personnel decisions are being closely scrutinized for signs of politicization or retaliation.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and President Donald Trump have promised to reform the FBI and end political “weaponization” of law enforcement. (Getty Images | iStock)
Thousands of FBI agents and their superiors were ordered to fill out a questionnaire detailing their roles in the Jan. 6 investigation, prompting concerns of retaliation or retribution.
A group of FBI agents filed an emergency lawsuit this month seeking to block the public identification of any agents who worked on the Jan. 6 investigations, in an attempt to head off what they described as potentially retaliatory efforts against personnel involved.
“There will be no politicization at the FBI,” Patel told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing. “There will be no retributive action.”
But making good on that promise could prove to be complicated.
Trump told reporters this month that he intends to fire “some” of the FBI personnel involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, characterizing the agents’ actions as “corrupt,” even as he stopped short of providing any additional details as to how he reached that conclusion.
“We had some corrupt agents,” Trump told reporters, adding that “those people are gone, or they will be gone — and it will be done quickly, and very surgically.”
The White House has not responded to questions over how it reached that conclusion, or how many personnel could be impacted, though a federal judge in D.C. agreed to consider the lawsuit.
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And in another message meant to assuage senators, Patel said he didn’t find it feasible to require a warrant for intelligence agencies to surveil U.S. citizens suspected to be involved in national security matters, referring to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
“Having a warrant requirement to go through that information in real time is just not comported with the requirement to protect American citizens,” Patel said. “It’s almost impossible to make that function and serve the national, no-fail mission.”
Patel has faced steep Democratic opposition throughout the confirmation process. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
“Get a warrant” had become a rallying cry of right-wing conservatives worried about the privacy of U.S. citizens, and almost derailed the reauthorization of the surveillance program entirely. Patel said the program has been misused, but he does not support making investigators go to court and plea their case before being able to wiretap any U.S. citizen.
Patel held a number of national security roles during Trump’s first administration — chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, senior advisor to the acting director of national intelligence and National Security Council official.
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He worked as a senior aide on counterterrorism for former House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, where he fought to declassify records he alleged would show the FBI’s application for a surveillance warrant for 2016 Trump campaign aide Carter Page was illegitimate, and served as a national security prosecutor in the Justice Department.
Trump has called Patel the right man to clean up the FBI. (AP/iStock)
In public comments, Patel has suggested he would refocus the FBI on law enforcement and away from involvement in any prosecutorial decisions.
In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, he suggested his top two priorities are to “let good cops be cops” and transparency, which he described as “essential.”
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“If confirmed, I will focus on streamlining operations at headquarters while bolstering the presence of field agents across the nation,” Patel wrote. “Collaboration with local law enforcement is crucial to fulfilling the FBI’s mission.”
He went on: “Members of Congress have hundreds of unanswered requests to the FBI. If confirmed, I will be a strong advocate for congressional oversight, ensuring that the FBI operates with the openness necessary to rebuild trust by simply replying to lawmakers.”
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