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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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Mar 8, 2023

Just for the record, no one volunteered such a magic technology.

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Mar 7, 2023

I think it is a mistake to imagine that you can completely hide from the macroeconomic effects of technology in your scenario planning.

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Mar 7, 2023

The monetary policy report that we are receiving today is largely a narrative of a return to normal.

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Dec 13, 2022

I understand that you can't comment directly on that, but we often hear back from the credit reporting agencies that although some credit scores and reports may get reported inaccurately, they virtually never adversely affect a consumer…

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Dec 13, 2022

I think they can be very severe. We have seen situations where background reports and credit reports have actually blocked people from getting an apartment or a job because they are falsely matched with someone else.

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Dec 13, 2022

I am very impressed by the observation that out of the wide purview of issues under the CFPB's mandate, over 70 percent of all consumer complaints filed with the CFPB relate to credit reporting.

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Nov 30, 2022

If you look at all of the different incentives that we tried to apply to get people in housing, both on the supply side and the demand side, has anyone systematically looked at what gets the most people into a house per unit of Federal…

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Sep 28, 2022

I've been chairing the Task Force on AI and Financial Services for the last several years.

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Sep 28, 2022

We in a bipartisan way on this Committee have been doing everything we can to try to drag that across the finish line.

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Sep 20, 2022

I'm amazed at how consistent that your industry is; when you come to us, it is almost always with some elaborate set of logic to try to convince us that you should be allowed to lever out more.

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Sep 20, 2022

And I also--I, too, lost my favorite aunt and my favorite uncle in a nursing home in the situation.

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Sep 20, 2022

It is called immigration reform. And there are hordes of very competent, well-trained nurses around the world.

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Sep 20, 2022

I guess I'd like to start by apologizing on behalf of the U.S. Congress

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Sep 20, 2022

We have enough money to fix this in this country, and it is to our shame that we don't.

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Sep 20, 2022

If we simply had--because we pay a lot more in Federal taxes than we get back in Federal spending.

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Sep 20, 2022

you all benefit from having the Federal Government and the Federal taxpayer as the insurer of last resort.

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Sep 19, 2022

Community relocation is very important in Alaska right now.

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Jul 19, 2022

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Director Thompson, in May of this year, this committee passed my bill, H.R. 7022, the Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector Act of 2022.

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Jul 19, 2022

It seems like you stand up and say something that's not true, it seems to only increase your chances of reelection.

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Jul 19, 2022

And affordability is just a huge issue, both in rental properties and in mortgages, so anything that we can do to be helpful in that space, we will certainly take those steps.

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Jul 13, 2022

I would just like for the Members on the other side to ask themselves: assume that President Trump had succeeded at his negotiations with North Koreans, that would have required a technically competent team of international inspectors…

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Jul 13, 2022

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle B of title XIII, add the following: SEC. 13_. REPEAL OF RESTRICTION ON…

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Jun 28, 2022

I am a fan of the free market in almost all circumstances, and I am a little bit distressed by everything that is put into place to interfere with the free market.

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Jun 24, 2022

When I first took office in March of 2008, one of my first official acts was to attend memorial services for the 17 students killed and injured in the mass shootings at Northern Illinois University. In the 14 years since, I have attempted…

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Jun 22, 2022

Since the beginning of the pandemic I have pushed for greater flexibility and speed in the way that we research and authorize treatments, as free as possible from political interference.

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