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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.
AURORA – U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, and Waubonsee Community College President Christine Sobek on Thursday announced a proposal to put a manufacturing laboratory in Waubonsee's downtown Aurora campus as a way to invest in the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) toured the facilities at Argonne National Laboratory and called for increased funding for research and development for national labs.
AURORA — A federal bill could be just what Waubonsee Community College needs to secure funding to build a state-of-the-art "Fab Lab" in Aurora.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, a Democrat representing the 11th District, joined Mayor Tom Weisner, Waubonsee Community College President Christine Sobek and others Thursday afternoon to talk about the project.
When Congressman Bill Foster was raising his daughter, Christine, he once bought an old mill drill machine in the hope she would start designing and creating whatever inventions her young mind could manufacture. The effort didn't result in a Fortune 500 company, but she did walk away with some basic design and machine skills as well as some Styrofoam toys.
An Illinois congressman is proposing legislation that would promote advanced manufacturing in the United States while investing in the next generation of entrepreneurs. U.S. Rep. Bill Foster (D-Naperville) is introducing the "Fab Lab" legislation.