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JB Pritzker

Governor of Illinois, State of Illinois

Search every verified JB Pritzker interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced that Hyundai Translead will invest $600 million and create 3,750 new full-time jobs at a new factory in Will County, an increase from a previously announced $450 million investment and 2,475 jobs. He described the announcement as the largest single job creation announcement in Illinois in decades and credited the state's economic development efforts with attracting new industries. In remarks at campaign events and press conferences, Pritzker has criticized President Donald Trump and Republican policies, saying the state is "under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington" and that Republicans are "working to rig the 2026 election" through voter suppression efforts. He also discussed artificial intelligence regulation on a podcast, expressing skepticism about self-policing by tech companies and saying he does not view data center opposition as an effective route toward AI regulation. Additionally, Pritzker publicly shared that he has used a GLP-1 medication for two years to lose weight, saying the treatment helped him address a diabetes diagnosis and has been "really life-changing."

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“Well, I can say that remember this is happening all across the country. So just not to localize it in Illinois, as you know, manufacturing has often moved offshore over the last 50 years really. And so yeah, you're inevitably going to have facilities that existed in the United States that get abandoned because somebody moved abroad. Meanwhile, my goal has been to attract new industries. This is certainly a new compan”

“Folks, this is big. This is big. If I seem like a big guy to you, I know big. This is way bigger. And Hyundai Translead is making the single largest job creation announcement today in Illinois in decades. That is tremendous. And today is just the latest sign of our progress in our pursuit to become the top site selection destination in the nation.”

“Now, I'm running for re-election because I believe that things can go right. If you work a full-time job, you ought to make enough money with that one job to put food on your table, to see a doctor when you're sick, to live in a dignified home, to save for retirement, and to take a vacation every once in a while. We can and we ought to make that happen. That work lies ahead. And when it comes to civil rights and voti”

“I don't think it's an effective route toward AI regulation. I mean I know that people have conflated and put together their opposition to data centers with their opposition to AI and a lot of people can't describe why they're opposed to one or the other because they're conflated with one another. But I can say that at least our aim is focused on the idea and people really feel this right, there's real data to back th”

“I think the problem we're going to see is if that's sort of the level that we're going to hopefully aim for and stay at, the problem may be that in very short order we could end up at 7% and have that be the baseline and maybe 10%. And if you think about what's happened, you know, the upheavals of economies and of governments when you get to 10% unemployment in any country, we better be focused on how we're going to ”

“I can tell you that first I'm running for reelection in Illinois so I absolutely could be in Illinois right now but here's what I think what's good for the people of Illinois is if Democrats win across the country and the Congress becomes a Democratic Congress because we've seen the people of Illinois have their Medicaid taken away, have their SNAP benefits taken away. We have people who are losing their homes becaus”

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