Bobby Schilling will be the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 17th Congressional district when taking office on Jan. 5, 2011 after being sworn into the 112th Congress. Schilling is one of 85 incoming freshman Republicans to the House of Representatives with the Democrats adding just nine to the 94 total incoming freshman congressional class. Schilling has been married to his wife Christie for 24 years and the couple has 10 children. Schilling’s victory was a major upset in November when he overturned decades of Democratic rule in the Illinois 17th District.
I spent a few days with Congressman Schilling and his family as they worked at the family pizza restaurant in Moline, Illinois and packed for their journey to Washington, DC for Schilling’s swearing in as U.S. House of Representative from the Illinois 17th Congressional district. This is the video that I produced and ran on USATODAY.com following the Jan. 5, 2010 swearing in ceremony at The Capitol.
Mr Shilling:
The Christian Church here in LaHarpe has to cut the Blue Spruce on their property. It is ca 30feet tall. How can we get it to be chosen for the Christmas White House?
I heard you speak here in LaHarpe. Thank you for your good work.
Ada Hubbard
Citizen