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.
I think it is a mistake to imagine that you can completely hide from the macroeconomic effects of technology in your scenario planning.
The monetary policy report that we are receiving today is largely a narrative of a return to normal.
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…
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.
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.
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…
I've been chairing the Task Force on AI and Financial Services for the last several years.
We in a bipartisan way on this Committee have been doing everything we can to try to drag that across the finish line.
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.
And I also--I, too, lost my favorite aunt and my favorite uncle in a nursing home in the situation.
It is called immigration reform. And there are hordes of very competent, well-trained nurses around the world.
We have enough money to fix this in this country, and it is to our shame that we don't.
If we simply had--because we pay a lot more in Federal taxes than we get back in Federal spending.
you all benefit from having the Federal Government and the Federal taxpayer as the insurer of last resort.
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.
It seems like you stand up and say something that's not true, it seems to only increase your chances of reelection.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.





