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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) submitted the following statement for the Congressional Record congratulating the city of Naperville, Illinois on receiving the “Sunny Award” for local government transparency.
Read more about the award here.
Washington, DC—Today on Equal Pay Day, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) called on Congress to take action to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. Equal Pay Day is the day that on average, after three additional months of work, women’s wages catch up to what their male counterparts made the year before.
Women have been working for free from December 31 until today, speakers at an equal pay rally in Chicago said.
That's because April 9 marked the day when a typical woman worker's salary finally caught up with a man's from 2012.
Joliet, IL – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) joined protesters in Joliet where he called for comprehensive immigration reform. Foster released the following statement on today’s rally:
[AURORA, IL] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Bill Foster (D-IL-11) today met with current and former students at Aurora University who have benefitted from the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin Congressman Bill Foster met with current and former students at Aurora University who have benefitted from the Obama Administration's recent immigration directive.
Washington, DC—This Thursday, April 4th at 4:30 CDT, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of his new Congressional office in Aurora. Congressman Foster will open a second office in Joliet on April 30. Details to follow.
The ceremony and open house is open to the public. RSVP is requested.
When he was little, Jemuel Stephenson had the bug to make things.
So when he was 10, his mother took him to Fab Lab, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology creation that provides free access to sophisticated computer-controlled manufacturing equipment.