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JB Pritzker: “Illinois's GDP is greater than $1.2 trillion.”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

Gov. JB Pritzker Delivers Remarks At United Airlines Sustainability Event In Roxana, Illinois

Published October 5, 2026

And and I just want to express my appreciation for all the local leadership that makes this happen. Look, attracting fast growing industries and the leaders in them is what is pulling Illinois's GDP is greater than $1.2 trillion. I like to point out whenever I say that, that if we were an independent country, we'd be part of the G20, which is pretty impressive if you ask me. (14:53–15:02)

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Asserts the size of Illinois's GDP.

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“If we were an independent country, we'd be part of the G20.”
Asserts Illinois's GDP is large enough to qualify for G20 membership if it were a country.15:07-15:12
“We have long been the nation's number one producer of soybeans and number two producer of corn.”
Asserts Illinois's ranking in soybean and corn production.16:26-16:32
“We are responsible for 90% of the US oilseed production.”
Asserts Illinois's contribution to US oilseed production.16:38-16:42
“We're celebrating a frontier industry in our quest to build a faster growing and cleaner economy for the state of Illinois, as well as cleaner energy for our state.”
Asserts that Illinois is focusing on building a faster-growing and cleaner economy and energy sector.12:36-12:51
“It's vitally important that [the demand for sustainable aviation fuel] happen in order for us to be able to build this industry.”
Asserts the importance of demand for sustainable aviation fuel to build the industry in Illinois.13:41-13:47
“We enacted one of the most effective clean energy plans in the country, the Climate and Equitable Jobs act.”
Asserts the effectiveness of Illinois's clean energy plan.15:51-15:57
“Illinois has all the pieces of [the biofuels] industry that it needs in order to be the leader.”
Asserts Illinois's capability to lead in the biofuels industry.16:17-16:24
“We're in the top states for ethanol production among the three and the top six of feedstock production.”
Asserts Illinois's ranking in ethanol and feedstock production.16:42-16:51
“We have one of the largest and busiest aviation hubs in the entire world.”
Asserts the significance of Illinois's aviation hub.16:50-17:01
“We have the best biofuels workforce in the nation.”
Asserts the quality of Illinois's biofuels workforce.17:01-17:06
“The Sustainable Aviation Fuel credit, which the general assembly passed and I signed back in 2023.”
Asserts the passage and signing of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel credit.18:03-18:12
“SAF is also expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 100,000 metric tons of CO2.”
Asserts the expected environmental impact of SAF.19:21-19:30