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" I've always wanted to be an advocate. "
Lisa Madigan
Always
Wanted
Advocate
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" I enjoy a good fight, and always have, and really just said to myself, 'Look, at the end of my term, it'll be 16 years as attorney general, and I'm ready for new challenges. I'm ready to use my skills in a different way to continue to help people.' "
Lisa Madigan
Challenges
Myself
Good
" Persons whose wagers depend upon how particular selected athletes perform in actual sporting events stand in no different stead than persons who wager on the outcome of any sporting event in which they are not participants. "
Lisa Madigan
Events
Event
Different
" The Attorney General must identify threats to Illinoisans' financial security and take action to protect people. "
Lisa Madigan
Action
Financial
People
" In 2011, when the General Assembly passed the law allowing civil unions, Illinois took an important step forward to recognize that gay and lesbian couples have the right to build lives together and create strong, loving families. "
Lisa Madigan
Loving
Step
Gay
" It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great job. "
Lisa Madigan
Take
Want
Great
" Consumers don't need to be forced to pay billions for so-called smart technology to know how to reduce their utility bills. We know to turn down the heat or air conditioning and shut off the lights. "
Lisa Madigan
Technology
Know
Lights
" Do not enter into an agreement you cannot afford. Take precautions to avoid institutional loans with double-digit interest rates. "
Lisa Madigan
Agreement
You
Take
" I am inspired by Nelson Mandela. I was a volunteer teacher in South Africa during apartheid, where I witnessed his success liberating black South Africans. "
Lisa Madigan
Volunteer
I Am
Black
" The explosive growth of the for-profit school industry has had disastrous effects on millions of Americans and our economy. "
Lisa Madigan
Economy
Industry
Our
" The Attorney General is the state's chief consumer advocate, fighting to protect the financial security of all Illinoisans. "
Lisa Madigan
Security
Protect
Financial
" We've done amazing things for the state. Some of them have had a national impact, but I'm going to be ready for some new challenges, and so I'm not going to seek a fifth term as attorney general. "
Lisa Madigan
Done
Ready
Impact
" Much of the blame for the Great Recession lies with abuses in the housing market - namely the creation of risky and unsustainable home loans that were packaged and sold as quality investments around the globe. "
Lisa Madigan
Quality
Home
Great
" Navient's actions have led to student borrowers needlessly carrying billions of dollars in debt, and the company must be held accountable. "
Lisa Madigan
Company
Debt
Must
" Higher education is meant to provide economic opportunity to Americans - not provide unscrupulous companies the opportunity to syphon off billions in federal taxpayer dollars unfairly. "
Lisa Madigan
Education
Opportunity
Higher Education
" Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree. "
Lisa Madigan
You
Degree
Price
" As I travel across Illinois and talk with people, and as others reach out to my office desperate for help, I am becoming convinced that, despite their rhetoric, many lenders have no interest in actually helping their customers. "
Lisa Madigan
Help
Travel
Talk
" Stalking is a serious crime with serious consequences. "
Lisa Madigan
Stalking
Consequences
Crime
" In every community in Illinois, same-sex couples have chosen to join together and, in many instances, to raise families of their own. These couples are our relatives and friends, our neighbors, co-workers and parents of our children's classmates. They deserve the same rights and responsibilities that civil marriage offers straight couples. "
Lisa Madigan
Community
Children
Marriage
" My husband helps take care of our kids. "
Lisa Madigan
Kids
Husband
Care
" A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause. "
Lisa Madigan
Ban
Constitution
Protection
" Demand to know the school's accreditation. Regional accreditation is preferable to national, particularly if you want to transfer credits. Check with the certifying association or potential employer in your field to ensure successful completion of the program will actually qualify you for that job. "
Lisa Madigan
You
Want
Potential
" I've been able to bring billions of dollars back to our state that has so desperately needed it - billions of dollars in relief to homeowners and our communities and our pension systems that desperately need it. "
Lisa Madigan
Bring
Been
Pension
" I've repeatedly seen unscrupulous lenders use every con in the book to charm and lie to homeowners. Lenders actually paid brokers a premium to put people in higher-priced loans with toxic features, such as adjustable rates and prepayment penalties. "
Lisa Madigan
Book
Lie
Con
" The Department of Education's refusal to oversee and hold for-profit schools accountable is a government-made disaster, and American students and taxpayers should not have to pay for it. "
Lisa Madigan
Disaster
Students
American
" While I have supported marriage equality since my days as a state senator over a decade ago, I have since conducted an extensive legal analysis that has only emboldened my support as attorney general. "
Lisa Madigan
Over
Equality
Marriage
" For many, the loan modification process has been a giant sham. "
Lisa Madigan
Been
Process
Loan
" It is never too late to correct our mistakes. And if we do not, we risk repeating them. "
Lisa Madigan
Risk
Never Too Late
Mistakes
" I initiated the State's investigation of Governor Blagojevich and have prosecuted public officials, including a sitting democratic state representative and democratic State's Attorney. "
Lisa Madigan
Democratic
Investigation
Sitting
" I went to law school to help people. "
Lisa Madigan
Law School
Law
Help
" Navient/Sallie Mae treated student loan borrowers unfairly from start to finish. "
Lisa Madigan
Treated
Start
Finish