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August 1, 2023

Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Donald Trump as part of the investigation into January 6, 2021:

“The attack on Congress and the peaceful transfer of power that we witnessed on January 6, 2021, must never be allowed to happen again. In a democracy, nobody – not even a President – is above the law.

July 28, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced the introduction of 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. This testbed would aim to kick-start a domestic materials processing industry in the United States with a focus on environmental sustainability, energy efficiency, and minimizing resource intensiveness.

July 27, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Bill Foster (D-IL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) reintroduced the Office of Technology Assessment Improvement and Enhancement ActThis bill will strengthen the existing authorization for the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) by structuring the office to be more responsive and accessible to Members’ needs. 

July 25, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) reintroduced the Shareholder Political Transparency Act to shed light on corporate political spending by public companies and increase transparency to investors and the public. The bill would mandate public companies periodically share political spending information with their shareholders. 

July 20, 2023
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after the House passed the bipartisan Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in Americ
July 14, 2023
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting against the House Republican version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2024, which includes, among other “poison pills,” an amen
June 27, 2023

NAPERVILLE, Ill. , June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nicor Gas, Southern Company and Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity announced today the groundbreaking of a new community designed to be carbon-neutral and achieve net-zero in Aurora, Illinois. The largest natural gas distributor in the state is partnering with the Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliate to offer new smart homes to first-time home buyers with an emphasis on resiliency and affordability.

June 23, 2023

Dozens of Capitol Hill staff joined AI experts from BSA | The Software Alliance members and partners for a briefing on artificial intelligence in financial services with opening remarks from Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.)

June 22, 2023

The Forest Preserve District of Will County has received $1.1 million that will pave the way for a new trail linking the district’s longest path with Route 66 in Joliet Township.

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., presented the check during a ceremony June 2 along the proposed trail route in the Preston Heights area, just south of Laraway Elementary School on Rowell Avenue.

The 1.34-mile, multiuse trail will be built on a ComEd utility corridor that links the forest preserve’s 22.42-mile Wauponsee Glacial Trail with Route 53/Chicago Street, which is historic Route 66.

June 22, 2023

If you were told 15 months ago that the Fed would raise rates by 5 percentage points, walloping financial markets and triggering bank failures, it would have been a surprise.

But you would be more surprised if told that would happen, and that Fed chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues would receive a broadly positive reception from their Congressional overseers.