[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 164 (Wednesday, November 16, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONGRATULATING TAYLORVILLE AS THE CHILLI CAPITAL OF ILLINOIS

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                           HON. RODNEY DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 16, 2016

  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, today I congratulate my 
hometown of Taylorville on its designation as the Chilli Capital of 
Illinois.
  Taylorville hosts five International Chilli Society cook-offs every 
year, in addition to numerous local and regional events. Each summer, 
Taylorville is home to the Christian County Ag Fair's chilli cookoff 
and in October, Taylorville hosts its own ``Chillinois Regional'' 
Chillifest.
  Annually, these competitions bring twelve chilli-cooking world 
champions to Taylorville and as many as ten thousand chilli 
connoisseurs. Earlier this year, the Illinois General Assembly passed 
H.R. 1357, which officially named Taylorville the Chilli Capital of 
Illinois.
  I am very proud of my hometown and I would like to commend Mayor 
Brotherton and the City of Taylorville on this distinction. I look 
forward to celebrating many more years as the state's chilli capital.

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