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Aurora will receive a $1 million federal grant to help with planting trees around the city and managing them.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, announced the award Friday through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program.
Made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress last year, the funding is designed to provide direct federal support to local communities for urban tree-planting and management.
Aurora, IL – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that the City of Aurora will receive a funding award through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program totaling $1,000,000.
Aurora, IL – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that the City of Aurora will receive a funding award through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program totaling $1,000,000.
Washington, DC - Tonight, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after the United Auto Workers (UAW) initiated a strike following stalled negotiations with the Big Three auto manufacturers:
Washington, DC – Today, Reps. Bill Foster (D-IL), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), and Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) introduced the bipartisan Keep STEM Talent Act to make certain advanced Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degree holders eligible for permanent resident status. This would allow these graduates to remain in the United States following their graduation and would remove barriers for them to work in the United States.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman Joe Morelle (D-NY) introduced the Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment Act. This bipartisan legislation would realign the National Technical Nuclear Forensics (NTNF) program from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). The bill is cosponsored by Congressman Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) and Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO).
Lemont, IL - Today, Congressman Bill Foster released the following statement after the Department of Energy announced that Argonne National Laboratory, located in Illinois' 11th Congressional District, was awarded $3,484,765 in clean energy research funding. The funding, which was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will support targeted research and development to enhance the cybersecurity of distributed energy resources.
Illinois residents will save millions of dollars in costs for medications under a new federal law, officials said during an event in Aurora Monday.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, made that point during a round table discussion with area public health officials. With him was U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the Democratic House Whip, and both were touting the Inflation Reduction Act, championed by President Joe Biden, as the reason for the savings.
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.
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.