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Foster Announces Federal Funding for Programs to Combat Youth Substance Use in Naperville and Aurora
Aurora, IL – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that the Community Alliance for Prevention and 360 Youth Services, which serve Naperville and the Far East Region of Aurora, were awarded a Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant of $125,000 from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) voted to defend women’s constitutional right to reproductive health care with H.R. 3755, the Women’s Health Protection Act. Amid a dangerous assault on women’s basic health freedoms – from statehouses across the country to the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Last night, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) voted for critical legislation that would keep the federal government open, secure emergency funding to help communities devastated by natural disasters, help resettle Afghan refugees fleeing persecution, and prevent a devastating debt default.
Aurora, IL – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that Two Rivers Head Start Agency in Aurora has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for $3,203,837. Two Rivers provides educational and community services for Kane and DeKalb Counties.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement on President Biden’s announcement of vaccine requirements for federal workers, federal contractors, and businesses with more than 100 employees:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement on the end of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement in support of the FY2022 Budget Resolution:
Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Invest Aurora, Aurora, Illinois, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund, providing gap financing to small local businesses.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House passed H.R. 3985, the “Averting Loss of Life and Injury by Expediting SIVs (ALLIES) Act of 2021,” to protect Afghan interpreters, contractors, security personnel and other partners who face deadly retribution by the Taliban for their work with the United States government.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after the U.S.
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U.S. Rep. Bill Foster said he supports President Joe Biden’s move to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan.
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The City of Joliet has received notice of an award of a $35,000 grant from the National Park Service to prepare a National Register Historic District nomination for the Illinois State Penitentiary – Joliet (later renamed Joliet Correctional Center, commonly known as the “Old Joliet Prison”).
Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., proposed infusing the Energy Department with more than $6 billion each year between 2022 and 2026 to improve and upgrade its national laboratories.
A bipartisan group of U.S. congressmen have reintroduced a broad-ranging bill to develop legislation around digital identity, according to the website of Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), the introducing member.
Throughout our history, Americans have put aside their partisan differences and stood together in times of crisis. It is time for us to stand together again.
In another example of China driving Congress’ agenda, a House task force will on Tuesday hold its second hearing in two weeks on a U.S. digital dollar, a technology that some lawmakers see as essential if the U.S. is to maintain its global economic dominance.