Robert
Molaro
(D-Chicago)
21st District
Chicago District
Office
6245
S. Archer
Chicago, IL 60638
(773) 838-1212
Suburban District Office
19 West Hillgrove Avenue
La Grange, IL 60525
(708) 354-2121
(708) 354-0743 (fax)
Capitol
Office
245-E Stratton
Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5280
(217) 557-4502 (fax)
E-mail: RepMolaro@gmail.com
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"Our neighborhoods have a rich and vibrant past and a future full of possibilities. As your representative, I'll continue to protect our traditions and work for a better tomorrow." -Robert Molaro |
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Biography
State Representative Robert S. Molaro has served in the General Assembly since 1993. Formerly a Senator
from the 12th District, he successfully sought election to the House of
Representatives in 2002.
As an experienced legislator, Representative Molaro has introduced, co-sponsored
and strongly supported legislation to protect the environment, strengthen
education, preserve Medicare and Medicaid, promote crime prevention and
rehabilitation, guard consumers and defend taxpayers throughout Illinois.
Representative Molaro is a supporter of KidCare, a program that provides
insurance coverage for children, and he believes that our seniors deserve
relief from the high cost of their prescription medicines. Molaro believes
that no one in Illinois, or anywhere in the United States, should have
to choose between purchasing food, paying for utilities or buying essential
prescription medications.
To address the problems caused by freight trains blocking railroad crossings
during rush hour in his district, Molaro sponsored legislation to fine
railways. His bill was intended to make sure that emergency vehicles reach
their destinations in timely fashions and to prevent traffic jams.
In order to encourage welfare reform efforts, Molaro sponsored a measure
that allows working parents, many of whom are trying to leave public assistance,
to keep two of every three dollars they receive in child support from
the non-custodial parent. He pushed for the measure because custodial
parents who are on welfare currently receive only one dollar for every
three of a child support payment.
Finally, Molaro has been an ardent supporter and advocate for the protection of animals. In the Senate, he sponsored and passed a bill to ban canned hunting -- a process in which sick or elderly animals are bought from zoos and sent to facilities for the sole purpose of being hunted for sport. More recently, Molaro passed a bill in the House to ban horse slaughtering for the purpose of human consumption.
A practicing attorney, Representative Molaro heads the law firm of Robert
S. Molaro and Associates. He has served as the technical/legal advisor
to the $1 billion Cook County and Forest Preserve District Employees'
Annuity and Benefit Fund. Before entering private practice in 1984, Molaro
served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago. Molaro's
educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in business administration
from Loyola University of Chicago and a law degree from Chicago's John
Marshall Law School. He is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Preparatory
High School.
Born and raised in Chicago's McKinley Park Neighborhood, Representative
Molaro resides with his wife, Barbara, and their five children in Garfield Ridge.
The 21st Representative District is a culturally and ethnically diverse
district encompassing a portion of the 23rd Ward in the City of Chicago,
and all or portions of Berwyn, Brookfield, Forest View, LaGrange, LaGrange
Park, Countryside, Lyons, McCook, Riverside, Stickney and Summit in suburban Cook County.
