State Senator Michael Hastings (D–Orland Park) made the following statement after the governor's 2014 budget address today:

“I’m more disappointed in what I didn’t hear from the governor, rather than what I did hear. The governor’s proposed budget cuts nearly $400 million from education and he failed to address that in his budget speech. We cannot keep cutting funds to education. I plan to work with other lawmakers to address those cuts and find new ways to generate revenue for our schools.”