Illinois Senator Chapin Rose is putting Governor JB Pritzker on blast for the issues associated with the Illinois Department of Employment Security and the issues surrounding getting people their unemployment insurance payments.

The Mahomet Republican penned a letter to the Chicago Democrat asking all IDES offices reopen in haste and begin addressing seeing the hundreds of thousands of jobless Illinoisans who are still awaiting unemployment benefits, and have been for up to six months.

According to Sen. Rose, there are many unemployed Illinoisans that have received benefits. However, the "gig" workers, or those who file 10-99s, still have yet to receive their benefits. He believes unemployment offices need to reopen and unemployment workers need to see people face to face to address their problems.

Sen. Rose is very frustrated with Governor Pritzker's administration not sending out the first round of benefits from the spring that came from the federal government while the Governor plays the blame game towards President Trump. He says, quote - fix what you can fix, man."

The Senator gets calls daily about this issue from his constituents and it is having a trickle-down impact on his communities. Because Gov. Pritzker issued an eviction moratorium, landlords are not receiving payments on their properties and any debt they have is not getting paid off.

Sen. Rose's advice for many is to stop making credit card payments and those types of things to have money to feed their families and pay for utilities.

As IDES workers stay home and continue to get paid, Sen. Rose questions what they are doing from their homes and again made calls for the Governor to reopen their offices immediately. He anticipates rallying public support through appearances in front of these closed offices until the Governor takes action.