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Constituents can talk to Foster's staff, ask questions and suggest ideas.
Congressman Bill Foster (D-Naperville), whose 11th District covers Woodridge, announced that he'll open a mobile office in Woodridge to serve constituents.
Foster defeated seven-term Congresswoman Judy Biggert in the November 2012 election. He previously represented the 14th District in Congress.
Young readers' jaws dropped Friday morning at Georgetown Elementary School, as part of the school's annual literacy program, D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) Georgetown.
Students throughout the school gathered around on classroom floors and reading nooks to hear Congressman Bill Foster, state Sen. Linda Holmes, state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, Aurora Fire Chief John Lehman and other leaders from the Aurora community read some of their favorite classic stories and new selections from the school's library.
WASHINGTON--Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) State of the Union address Tuesday nigh guest is Keith Bryant, a student trustee at Joliet Junior College.
From Foster: "Bryant is a nontraditional student who began studies at JJC after leaving a career in construction. Bryant is studying network system security and information technology and expects to graduate in May of 2014.
Dedicating at least a part of your life to public service is a lesson U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, learned from his father, who helped write federal Civil Rights legislation.
He encouraged students at the Joliet Job Corps winter commencement to discover how they can also serve others.
Illinois lawmakers reintroduced the Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act, legislation that would waive visas for visitors to the U.S. from countries like Poland.
Question: What can bring together local politicians on both sides of the aisle like just about no other issue?
Answer: Apple pie and motherhood, I suppose. But definitely Polish immigration rights.
She'd seen posters promoting the D.C. trip, but Nicolette Geron thought she had to be in a specific class to be eligible to go.
When the Naperville Central High School senior found out the trek to the nation's capital for Inauguration Day was open to everybody, she jumped at the chance.
Newly sworn-in U.S. Rep. Bill Foster sees several problems facing the Fox Valley — a loss of manufacturing jobs, cuts in federal research money and Illinois' dwindling share of revenue from the federal government.
Speaking at the Naperville Chamber of Commerce's legislative luncheon Monday at the Hotel Arista, Foster characterized Illinois as a "donor state," and said, "That's not OK with me."
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster is launching the first of his planned mobile offices for the new 11th Congressional District.
The first location will be offered next week, Monday through Friday, at the Naperville Township Administration Building. The new 11th District serves parts of Naperville, Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet.
This is the first temporary office location Foster will open in the district. Permanent offices in Aurora and Joliet will be announced soon, Foster said.
The office wasn't quite in order yet. Then again, Bill Foster wasn't in office yet, either. Not quite.
"It's an interesting day of semi-organization around here," Foster said.
It was Wednesday morning, and Foster was talking on the phone from Washington, D.C., barely 24 hours before his official return to Capitol Hill. His surroundings were in "various states of disarray," he said — but some progress was evident.
"We have the computers, but no passwords to get into the computers," he said.