Does anybody fund these things? We get more mandates with no funding. The legislation we'll see, the question is how well they will have thought it out.

I don't see this legislation as saving a drop of water.

There's time, but the clock is ticking. We are fearful of what might happen in the absence of legislation. It could leave us open to lawsuits and judicial rulings which might severely damage the Illinois wine industry.

Ultimately it's not serious in any way as proposed legislation, but it's very serious with regard to what the committee's real alternatives are, ... The chairman is actively working to make sure that it's ANWR -- and (the Arctic refuge) alone.

The introduction of this legislation has been delayed for a few years. We are going to try to push this forward.

I don't think anyone — even the drafters (of the legislation) or folks at the State House — looked at the fact this change eliminated the (toll-evasion) fine. I don't think the dots ever got connected.