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July 18, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Tonight, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement:

"Today, Republicans once again served as a rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s corruption and chaos, advancing his meme coin grift and solidifying DOGE cuts into law.

July 17, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act. The bill would authorize $25 billion through Fiscal Year 2030 to support maintenance and infrastructure at the Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories.

July 2, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting against the Republican reconciliation bill:

"Today, I voted NO on Republicans’ budget bill. I watched in disgust as Republicans cheered for the largest cut to health care and food assistance in American history.

June 24, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Congress’ only PhD physicist, issued the following statement:

May 22, 2025
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement:
“Early this morning, I voted NO on Republicans’ disastrous reconciliation bill: the largest cut to health care, food assistance, and scientific research in American history.
May 21, 2025
Washington, DC - Today, Reps. Bill Foster (D-IL) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced the bipartisan Countering Russian Innovation and Safeguarding Individual Scientists (CRISIS) Act.
May 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Today, Reps. Bill Foster (D-IL) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI), along with House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), introduced the Chip Security Act.

May 9, 2025
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Congress’ only PhD physicist, led 112 Members of Congress in expressing their concern with the Trump Administration’s directive for the National Science Foundation to freeze all grant funding.
In a letter to President Trump, the Members wrote:
“The NSF has, for decades, been a cornerstone of Amer
April 18, 2025

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) joined 141 of his colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal U.S. resident who was wrongfully detained and deported to El Salvador last month. In the letter, the Members requested an immediate update on the administration’s plans to ensure Mr.