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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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Jun 19, 2018

Hundreds of children are sitting in cages who have been forcibly separated from their families.

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Jun 19, 2018

Will ICE be constructing more cages to separate children from their parents?

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Jun 19, 2018

I believe the real job creator is a customer. Customers come from the middle class, and we have to focus on making the middle class healthy.

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Jun 19, 2018

I was told from advocates on the ground, which were later confirmed by the Chicago Tribune and others, that ICE agents pulled over and detained one Victor Cortez, a Mexican national who is here legally.

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Jun 19, 2018

I would be interested specifically on the profiling of Mr. Cortez.

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Jun 19, 2018

$100 trillion is the wealth of Americans, and it is historic.

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Jun 19, 2018

I also think all of Congress looks forward to your superiors having the courage to appear before Congress to answer for the outrage that is happening in our southern border.

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Jun 19, 2018

We don't need a new law to put an end to this trauma and the President could very easily have put a stop to any of these policies with one phone call.

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Jun 19, 2018

Can she expect also to be pulled over because someone thinks that she doesn't look like an American?

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Jun 19, 2018

The United States has served as a beacon of hope and freedom since its founding. We are watching that hope and freedom erode right before our eyes.

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Jun 13, 2018

We ought to be very cognizant of that as we contemplate this transition.

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Jun 13, 2018

I would just like to say that I would hope that my colleagues in Congress would be much more tolerant of technical risk.

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Jun 13, 2018

Last week, the Federal Reserve made the historic announcement that household net worth in the United States, the wealth of Americans, just went over $100 trillion.

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Jun 7, 2018

I thank my colleagues for helping me bring this amendment to the floor. We now live in a world where technology has become increasingly important in our personal lives, in our economy, and in our democracy, but Congress is not adequately…

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May 15, 2018

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to our witnesses.

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May 8, 2018

The bill that the majority is bringing to the floor this week will preclude the reissuance of that necessary guidance instructive of how to comply with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, which will remain in place. Lenders will…

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May 8, 2018

I thank the ranking member for yielding me time. I rise today in opposition to S.J. Res. 57, which provides for congressional disapproval of CFPB guidance on discrimination in the indirect auto lending industry. As the only Ph.D. scientist…

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Apr 13, 2018

I thank Ranking Member Waters for yielding me the time and for her commitment to thoughtful debate in our caucus to get the best results for the people that we represent. I thank Congressman Hill for working with me and our staff for…

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Apr 13, 2018

This 5 percent limitation means that any well-capitalized small bank that decides to invest in tradeable assets could take 100 percent losses on its trading positions without becoming insolvent and without threatening the Deposit Insurance…

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Mar 14, 2018

So a 30 percent cut, and then the Democrats negotiated it up to flat. Is that a fair summary of what happened?

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Mar 14, 2018

That was the number they got adjusted after Democrats insisted on having proper funding for that section of the budget.

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Mar 13, 2018

It strikes me there are three fundamental questions that I would like your reaction to that we have to face.

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Mar 13, 2018

We're doing our best to protect you from the proposed budget cuts that would make your life miserable if they came through.

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Mar 13, 2018

You know, you live in a situation where you have political oversight at the very top levels.

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Mar 13, 2018

I was really impressed by his enthusiasm for the crucial science and the research conducted at the labs.

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