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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that four of his requests were signed into law by President Biden as part of the Water Resources Development Act. These requests authorize crucial investments in the waterways and environmental infrastructure for Will County and the entire Great Lakes region.
Foster’s requests include:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that all 15 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests he made on behalf of the 11th Congressional District of Illinois were included in the year-end omnibus spending bill for a total of $25,821,367. The package has passed both the Senate and the House.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) released the following statement after the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol issued criminal referrals against former President Trump:
It should be easier for patients to access their medical records now, but there’s still more to do.
It’s getting progressively easier for Americans to access their medical data — a right that has been legally protected but practically stymied for decades.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-IA) introduced the bipartisan National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization Act.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), the Democratic Co-Chairs of the National Labs Caucus, introduced the National Laboratory Biotechnology Research Act.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) introduced the Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed Act, legislation that would allow the Department of Energy to create a testbed to pilot and study new, safer materials processing technologies needed to bolster our battery supply chain.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act to ensure critical protections for same-sex and interracial couples:
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) applauded last night’s Senate passage of H.R. 700, legislation to rename the U.S. Post Office facility located at 303 E. Mississippi Ave. in Elwood, Illinois, after former Will County Executive Lawrence M. “Larry” Walsh, Sr.
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Bill Foster (D-IL-11) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced legislation to rename Fermilab’s Integrated Engineering Research Center (IERC) after the late Dr.