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Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act. The bill would authorize $25 billion through Fiscal Year 2030 to support maintenance and infrastructure at the Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories.
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At an event in Geneva on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, slammed the Trump administration’s recently-passed federal “Big Beautiful Bill Act.” In particular, he criticized the changes it includes for SNAP, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food assistance to low-income individuals across the country.
“This bill is evil in the Biblical sense of that word,” Casten said.
The Trump administration’s proposal to cut the U.S. National Science Foundation budget by 56% has invoked concerns from universities - but they are hardly the only constituency bucking the move.
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after voting against the Republican reconciliation bill:
"Today, I voted NO on Republicans’ budget bill. I watched in disgust as Republicans cheered for the largest cut to health care and food assistance in American history.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Congress’ only PhD physicist, issued the following statement: