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SUMMARY:2018 March Lunch - Peter Breen
LOCATION:630-627-5040\, 1250 Roosevelt Rd. NW Corner Finley & Roosevelt
DESCRIPTION:Representative Peter Breen (R-Lombard) represents the 48th Legi
 slative House District of Illinois and has served in the General Assembly 
 since January of 2015. His legislative district includes all or portions o
 f Lombard\, Glen Ellyn\, Wheaton\, Lisle\, Downers Grove\, Oakbrook Terrac
 e and Villa Park. The district is located entirely within DuPage County. I
 n July of 2017\, Rep. Breen was elevated to the position of House Republic
 an Floor Leader\, where he serves the 51-member House Republican Caucus as
  their lead debater on all bills brought to the House Floor for discussion
  and debate. In addition to this role\, Rep. Breen serves on the Energy\, 
 Financial Institutions\, Judiciary-Civil\, Labor & Commerce\, Public Utili
 ties and Restorative Justice Committees. He is the only member of the Gene
 ral Assembly to hold an electrical engineering degree\, which he earned in
  three years from Vanderbilt University. He also holds a law degree from t
 he University of Notre Dame. As a legislator\, Rep. Breen has received the
  “Perfect Score” award from the Illinois Technology & Manufacturing As
 sociation (TMA) every year he has been in office for his votes that suppor
 t the manufacturing industry. He has also been named a “Guardian of Smal
 l Business” by the Illinois branch of the National Federation of Indepen
 dent Businesses (NFIB) for his voting record as it relates to protecting s
 mall businesses and the entrepreneurs who bring those jobs to Illinois. In
  2017\, Rep. Breen was named a “Taxpayer Friend” for earning a 100% sc
 ore on the Illinois Tax Survey compiled by Taxpayers United of America. Ea
 ch year Rep. Breen files a comprehensive legislative agenda in Springfield
 . His legislative initiatives include bills that reduce burdensome regulat
 ions on small business\, promote economic growth\, and protect taxpayers. 
 This July\, a Breen bill goes into effect that will save Illinois business
 es and not-for-profits millions in electronic filing fees\, which are curr
 ently charged for filing state forms electronically instead of by postal m
 ail. Last year\, Rep. Breen also drafted and passed a law inspired by Lomb
 ard’s Noon Whistle Brewing to allow craft brewers the ability to use cut
 ting edge 360-lid technology for their beer. Prior to his election to the 
 General Assembly\, Breen served on the Lombard Village Board\, as a Truste
 e and as Acting Village President. He also founded and directed a local no
 t-for-profit that served women in difficult or untimely pregnancies and th
 eir children. Outside of the House of Representatives\, Rep. Breen is a co
 nstitutional attorney for the Thomas More Society\, a not-for-profit firm 
 specializing in defense of free speech and religious liberty rights. Rep. 
 Breen is a member of Lombard's Father Boecker Council of the Knights of Co
 lumbus and is an Eagle Scout. He and his wife Margie attend Sacred Heart C
 atholic Church\, where they have been parishioners for many years. They ar
 e loving parents to their son Matthew.\n\nhttps://www.lombardchamber.com/e
 vents/36607
URL:https://www.lombardchamber.com/events/36607
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