River Cities’ Reader publisher Todd McGreevy attended the 2023 Legislative Event Series: Meet Your Legislators event on 20 January, 8-9AM, hosted by the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce. These were the featured speakers, state and federal, Republican and Democrat, Illinois and Iowa, who faced a lightning-round of questions:

• U.S. Representative Eric Sorensen from Illinois, Dist 17 (D)
  
• U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks from Iowa, Dist 1 (R)
  
• Iowa Senator Chris Cournoyer, Dist 35 (R)
  
• Iowa Senator Scott Webster, Dist 47 (R)
  
• Illinois Senator Mike Halpin, Dist 36 (D)
  
• Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, Dist 89 (R)
  
• Illinois Representative Norine Hammond, Dist 94 (R)
  
• Illinois Representative Gregg Johnson, Dist 72 (D)
  
• Illinois Representative Dan Swanson, Dist 71 (R)
  
• Illinois Representative Travis Weaver, Dist 93 (R)
  
• Iowa Representative Ken Croken, Dist 97 (D)
  
• Iowa Representative Monica Kurth, Dist 98 (D)
  
• Iowa Representative Gary Mohr, Dist 93 (R)
  
• Iowa Representative Norlin Mommsen, Dist 70 (R)
  
• Iowa Representative Mike Vondran, Dist 94 (R)
  

Rhonda Ludwig, Director of Government Affairs for the Chamber, deserves props for keeping her glims on the clock, keeping the speakers speaking at a brisk tempo while drilling down to the many questions specific to some of the legislators’ committee positions.