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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act, which would allow states to be awarded grants through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in order to expand prevention efforts and evidence-based treatments, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT).
Members of Congress who represent parts of Lake County — three of the four are new since January — are making their services more accessible with help from a variety of cooperative organizations and the internet.
Along with his Lincolnshire district office, U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, has weekly office hours in Waukegan and Round Lake Park, as well as multiple dates set aside in three other parts of the county from Deerfield to Zion to Fox Lake.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman French Hill (R-AR) introduced a resolution to encourage collaboration between the public and private sector to promote financial literacy for students. The resolution also emphasizes the importance of financial literacy for consumers of all ages and supports the efforts of federal agencies to expand financial education resources.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 2:
“There’s no denying that we need to address the crisis at our southern border, and rank-and-file lawmakers on both sides of the aisle recognize the need and potential to pass a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform package. However, today’s vote made it clear that Republican leadership is more interested in forcing a vote on a partisan stunt than finding real solutions to our broken immigration system.
A Democratic representative laid into witnesses during Wednesday’s joint hearing on crypto regulation, arguing that there is no way to effectively regulate crypto markets when they are subject to such “massive market manipulation.”
House Financial Services Committee member Bill Foster, D-Illi., argued that wash trading cannot be controlled without establishing federally-regulated “traceable digital identities” for all wallets and users.
Last week, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) joined leaders from the Grand Prairie Water Commission (GPWC) to announce $3.45 million in federal funding, which will help the Commission bring an alternative water source to the region. Foster requested and secured the funds as Community Project Funding in the federal spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023. The funding will be used for infrastructure development costs as the commission, currently in formation, undertakes the work necessary to use Lake Michigan as its new water source.
New legislation would allow 403(b) plans to invest in collective investment trusts (CITs) and unregistered insurance company separate accounts.
H.R. 3063, the Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2023, has four primary sponsors: Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla.; Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky.; Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.
Aurora University received $955,000 in federal funding to create an Emerging Technologies Learning Lab that will bring to life new learning experiences for students across all disciplines.
The funds, which were secured with the assistance of U.S. Congressman Bill Foster, will be used to purchase new technology and equipment to enhance experiential learning opportunities for students and better prepare them for the workforce.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced his support for 15 community projects in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District as part of the House Appropriations Committee's Community Project Funding (CPF) program. The projects listed have been submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration as part of the FY2024 government spending bills.
On April 13, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory celebrated three important construction milestones designed to increase the lab’s research efficiencies and capabilities and continue progress on the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.