MADISON COUNTY - State Senator Erica Harriss has spent the summer in the 56th District, learning from constituents. Harriss explained that her goal is to learn more about local issues so that she can accurately represent her constituents in the Illinois Senate, and she is proud of the 87,000 households, or 200,000 people, who she represents. In an appearance on “Our Daily Show!” with C.J. Nasello , she broke down some of her recent bills and her philosophy about working with both sides of the aisle. “We tell our kids all the time, and I tell mine, you can control yourself, you can’t always control other people, so just do the right thing every single time,” Harriss said. “I think that’s what it comes down to is just, here’s our goal, how do we do the right thing, how do we do the right thing by everyone?” Harriss pointed to Senate Bill 3571, which passed the Senate in April. This bill requires automated external defibrillators
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