Press Releases

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) voted against H.R. 2029, FY 2016 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, & Related Agencies Appropriations. This Republican bill was opposed by major veterans organizations including the VFW, DAV, American Legion and others because it fails to fund the VA at adequate levels. The bill would cut the funding requested by the VA by over $1.4 billion, including a $690 million cut to veterans' medical care.

Washington, DC—Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) introduced an amendment to increase funding for the Department of Energy's Office of Science. The office provides funding for our national labs and supports a wide range of scientific research and development.

Foster's amendment would increase funding for the Office of Science by almost $240 million, bringing total funding up to meet the President's request.

Video of Foster speaking about the amendment is available here.

Washington, D.C. – Representative Bill Foster (IL-11) has reintroduced a bipartisan resolution, H.Res. 232, encouraging collaboration between the public and private sectors to promote financial literacy for students.

The bipartisan legislation has been cosponsored by Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH) and Norma Torres (D-CA). Additionally, the legislation has been endorsed by the Girl Scouts of America and Northern Illinois University.

Washington, DC— Today, Congressman Bill Foster commemorated Workers Memorial Day, a day honoring the men and women who have lost their lives because of their job and condemning the war on workers' rights that is being waged across the country and around the world.

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) announced the formation of the Congressional Inventions Caucus.

Washington, DC – Representatives Bill Foster (D-IL) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), along with Senator Dick Durbin, have reintroduced the GI Education Benefits Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation to fix a law that is causing veterans to be denied the benefits they deserve.

The GI Bill has been one of the most successful pieces of legislation in our country's history, growing our economy and helping veterans assimilate into civilian life. However, one oversight in the law is preventing some veterans from getting the benefits they have earned.

Washington, DC—Today, on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) spoke out against Governor Bruce Rauner's proposal to create right-to-work zones in Illinois.

Video of Foster's speech is available here.

Text of Foster's remarks is below:

Thank you Mr. Speaker.

Today, I rise to commend the communities in my district that have rejected the Governor of Illinois' efforts to create so-called "right-to-work zones."

Washington, DC—Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) introduced an amendment to H.R. 1806, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act during a Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing.

The amendment would strike Section 106 which adds a dangerous political filter to the National Science Foundation's gold-standard merit-review process.