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December 19, 2022

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: 

December 19, 2022

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.

December 15, 2022

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman Randy Feenstra (R-IA) introduced the bipartisan National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization Act.

December 12, 2022

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.   

December 8, 2022

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. 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.

December 8, 2022

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: 

December 7, 2022

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. The bill will now head to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

December 1, 2022

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. Helen Edwards, who worked at Fermilab as a particle physicist for 40 years. The newly-constructed IERC, which was recently authorized for official use, will be home to new office and lab space that will host an intersection of scientific disciplines.

November 18, 2022

Washington, D.C. – This week, marking the first anniversary of the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) highlighted the federal investments that are already creating good-paying jobs and transforming Illinois communities.

November 8, 2022

Foster to honor Pat Van Doren for work with homeless

U.S. Rep Bill Foster, D-Naperville, will honor former Naperville Sun photojournalist Pat Van Doren for decades of work covering family homelessness in an event at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, at Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook, 550 Kildeer Drive.

For 30 years, Van Doren created poignant images of infants, children and adults experiencing homelessness, which led to changes in state and federal legislation.