Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch
@SpeakerWelchIL
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Husband, Dad, State Rep, IL-7th, 70th Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. The first Black lawmaker to serve as Speaker in Illinois history.
7th District of Illinois
Joined January 2013
Come visit the 7th Representative District, and while you are here, visit the 4th best shopping center in the country.
Oakbrook Center voted 4th best shopping center in country.
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This morning I had an opportunity to deliver remarks at the Progressive National Baptist Convention 64th Annual Session. Scripture tells us in Proverbs 14:31 that “He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” My message
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I am tremendously honored to be the 2025 Legacy Award Recipient at this year’s Red Tail Ball. My WHY is aligned with the Tuskegee NEXT mission to fight for equity, education and opportunity, and I am committed to the mission for the long term. #TuskegeeNEXT #RedTailBall
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Thanks @SamChatmanABC7 for helping us to shine a light on this issue and getting the bill across the finish line.
It’s official! Illinois Governor @JBPritzker has signed the Squatter Bill.
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State Farm is not being a good neighbor raising rates 27.2%. This is truly disappointing to see!.
Illinois legislators are looking at ways to regulate homeowners insurance after State Farm announced it was raising rates by 27.2%.
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RT @Suntimes: If you're flying out of O'Hare Airport soon, the Transportation Security Administration says add extra time. Seven of the top….
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Seven of the top 10 busiest days for screening at O'Hare have happened in 2025, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
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I grew up with Malcolm-Jamal Warner playing Theo Huxtable. We were the same age, and today’s news of his death is heartbreaking. Prayers for his family, and may his memory be a blessing.
We first met Theo Huxtable, then portrayed by a 14-year-old Malcolm-Jamal Warner, during the 1984 pilot episode of "The Cosby Show," when Theo declared he didn’t want to go to college. Eight years later, in the 1992 series finale and the last time we saw Theo, he was achieving
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Grocery prices are up due to erratic leadership in Washington and the on again, off again tariffs. Since Trump became President, it’s truly been painful to check the price on most things, and Illinois Republicans still support him.
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RT @chicagotribune: Consumer prices are about 2.7% higher than they were in June last year, an increase economists largely attribute to Pre….
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The Tribune is tracking 11 everyday costs for Americans — eggs, milk, bread, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, chicken, ground beef, gasoline, electricity and natural gas — and how they are changing, or …
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Today I began my week by sitting down with a bi-partisan group of Mayors from the West Central Municipal Conference and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus for a Roundtable and Listening session. Special shout out to Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering for joining us. The Mayors
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Join me this Saturday, July 26, 2025, for my 13th Annual Back to School Health Fair. It’s gets bigger and better every year. Free health screenings, school supplies, hair cuts and more. We will be at Proviso West High School from 10am to 2pm. You don’t want to miss this
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Ended my Saturday by taking the Honorable Leon Bignell MP, the Speaker of the House of Assembly in South Australia, to a baseball game at Historic Wrigley Field. There he met Cubs legend Kerry Wood, my family, and saw a Cubs WIN over the Boston Red Sox. Go Cubs Go!!!
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Today I welcomed the Honorable Leon Bignell MP, the Speaker of the House of Assembly in South Australia to Westchester. I enjoyed visiting with him and sharing policy ideas and leadership lessons. I look forward to visiting Speaker Bignell in Mawson, Australia someday soon and
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Mandela Day calls on each of us to spend 67 minutes in service—one minute for every year Mandela devoted to building a more just and compassionate world.
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Five years ago, we lost a great man when Congressman John Lewis passed away from a long battle with cancer. Congressman Lewis dedicated his life to marching for equality and justice for all, and it was an honor to stand in line ten years ago to meet him when he visited
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Can you spot the Notable Northwestern Alumni in this photo?😊
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As a Northwestern University alum, I am tremendously honored and humbled to be considered a Notable Alumni. Really thankful to Northwestern for putting my photo up soon for prospective students to see. If you see it, you believe it. If you believe it, you can achieve it too.
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