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January 13, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced a resolution that calls on the Secretary of Defense to authorize Dreamers to serve in the armed services.

Issues:Immigration
January 12, 2026
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, issued the following statement:
"Without a stable, responsible, and independent monetary policy, the United States risks losing the primacy of the U.S.
January 8, 2026

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement:

“I voted YES to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits and stop health care premiums from skyrocketing for Illinois families. After deliberate inaction from the Republican-controlled Congress, ACA tax credits were allowed to expire at the beginning of this year. Today’s vote was Congress’ last opportunity to pass a clean, three-year extension and reverse these premium increases.

January 8, 2026

Washington, DC — Today, U.S. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after he voted in favor of the FY 2026 appropriations minibus, which passed the House:

January 3, 2026
"Nicolás Maduro is a brutal dictator who stole an election, but our Constitution does not give the President the authority to conduct a premeditated act of war and pursue regime change without Congressional authorization.
"It is hypocritical for Trump to claim this operation is about stopping the drug trade after Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández who was convicted of serious drug trafficking charges.
December 17, 2025

U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, and Bill Foster, D-Naperville, led 24 House Democrats in a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Acting Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics William Wiatrowski, criticizing President Donald Trump’s attacks on government statistics and urging BLS to protect the credibility, quality and independence of U.S. economic data.

December 16, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) reintroduced the Payer State Transparency Act to help shed light on the “Payer State” problem, wherein certain states, including Illinois, pay more in federal taxes than they get back in federal spending.

December 12, 2025

Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the No Cost Educational Resources Act, legislation to help ease the financial burden on our nation's students.  He joins to break it down.

December 12, 2025

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster fielded questions from Illinois Farm Bureau members spanning from trade to biofuels to agricultural diversity in Illinois during a meet and greet Dec. 7 at Annual Meeting.

Foster, D-Naperville, met with dozens of Farm Bureau members from a handful of counties in his district.