Bill Foster actually said...

"I was really encouraged to see people from every walk of life taking an interest in science just because of the eclipse."

"that has real implications, for example, politically where there is a narrative that real wages have not gone up in the last generation."

"it's resulted in a hemorrhaging of faculty from that institution and a lot of uncertainty about whether there's a commitment to high-quality education."

"it is important to preserve this, and I hope there is a bipartisan commitment to that."