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Bill Foster

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Bill Foster is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 11th congressional district, a position he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Foster has focused on issues such as science, technology, and economic development during his tenure in Congress. He has a background in physics and has worked in the private sector, including founding a successful technology company.

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May 15, 2019

Have you started to think about resolution plans that may become necessary for giant tech firms as they play increasingly in banking?

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May 15, 2019

I do echo Rodney's comments that cybersecurity is one area that keeps us up at night.

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May 15, 2019

I'd like to talk a little bit about, you know, the way forward on this, you know, what additional facilities, you know, if you could, you know, ask for, you know, a doubling or tripling of the effort in this area, you know, what would be…

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May 15, 2019

I would like to raise the issue of the ongoing merger of banking and technology.

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May 14, 2019

And it's one of the reasons I plan to reintroduce the BEST Act, the Better Energy Storage Technology Act, that expands grid storage R&D, as well as demonstration projects.

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May 14, 2019

I plan to reintroduce the BEST Act, the Better Energy Storage Technology Act, that expands grid storage R&D.

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May 7, 2019

one of the things that I think we're going to have to be working on in Congress is to make sure there's a long-term home for the funding here

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May 7, 2019

I'd like to speak a little bit about the issue with the Jasons that I believe you're familiar with.

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Apr 8, 2019

We have a responsibility to communities to keep them alive when there is no longer an economic reason for them to exist?

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Apr 8, 2019

Do you view these as unimportant technologies? What is the motivation for shutting these down?

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Apr 8, 2019

I grew up being driven around in a rusty Studebaker with one of these triangular Masonite signs with Bill Proxmire's name on it.

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Apr 8, 2019

You're planning to end your $15 million Centers for Excellence program.

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Apr 2, 2019

Mr. Foster which would prohibit brokers and investment advisers from using forced arbitration clauses in their customer agreements.

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Apr 2, 2019

The bill would also prohibit public companies from inserting forced arbitration clauses in their company bylaws, which I believe is illegal already, but which could benefit from additional clarity.

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Apr 1, 2019

I remember trembling with rage when I saw the redlining pictures of Joliet and Aurora from the 1930s.

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Apr 1, 2019

It underlines the fact that Congress hasn't been paying enough attention to the power of tech on this.

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Apr 1, 2019

I urge you to rethink the trajectory you're on.

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Apr 1, 2019

A future where every spacefaring nation has a big inventory of weapons-grade material... is not a very safe space environment.

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Mar 26, 2019

Willowbrook, Illinois, in my district is home to a sterilization facility that's used ethylene oxide for decades to sterilize medical equipment.

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Mar 26, 2019

I guess the point of my question is if this is a manpower-limited thing, then I think there is an argument to be made to just increase the manpower available so this situation doesn't happen.

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Mar 26, 2019

EPA Executive Summary submitted by Representative Bill Foster, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.

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Mar 12, 2019

we're now returning to heavy launch vehicles as the cheap way to get stuff into orbit, which was the conclusion back in the 1960s.

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Mar 12, 2019

the nation that comes up with those transformative technologies is going to own space, so it's my opinion that we've been underinvesting in this.

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Mar 11, 2019

In your very nice brochure that you provided us with, I have to say that there are very high production values.

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Mar 11, 2019

I urge all of my colleagues to have the classified briefing on the technology.

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