Bill Foster

“Scientific discovery requires sustained funding for decades, and politicians can destroy it in a single budget cycle.”

“When I see the sort of mindless tax cuts for the wealthy, cuts to education, I just think we've got it exactly backward in this country.”

“We owe these heroes a great deal - it is our solemn responsibility to ensure that all veterans receive the care and respect they have earned.”

“We should not chip away at the protections that have built the largest economy and the largest middle class in the world.”

“Properly funding federal research at Argonne National Labs and Fermi National Accelerator Labs will also create jobs and directly benefit the Eleventh District.”

“Measles may not spread as fast as erroneous sound bites and tweets, but they both have the potential to cause a great amount of damage.”

“As we face tough decisions in Washington, we must never forget our responsibility to protect Medicare and preserve it for future generations.”

“I understand clearly as a freshman in Congress, you don't get to steer the bus.”

“Veterans often need medical and psychological assistance, and often, for them, it is hard to ask for help, but we want them to know they are not alone.”

“I really believe in U.S. manufacturing and U.S. exports, but we have to have a level playing field.”

“I often say that I inherited the family's recessive gene for adult-onset political activism.”

“If you're dealing with live nuclear material, and you do anything that disperses them, it is very hard to hide, even after a 24-day cleanup period, the fact that there was nuclear material in this facility.”

“People are people, regardless of who they love or what gender they relate to.”

“I don't want to do anything that capitalizes personally on the fact that I've been in public service.”

“I think when you provide something absolutely free, the potential of abuse exists. Getting an education without skin in the game is not good.”

“It's wonderful to see more of my colleagues recognizing the importance of investing in STEM education and scientific research and development.”

“There's a fundamental question that everyone has to answer: What fraction of your life do you spend in service to your fellow man? It's not something that science helps you answer at all. It's one of these questions like, Who are you gong to marry? Science doesn't really help you with the question.”

“America cannot become just a service and financial services economy, and to prevent that, there is no substitute for having people with successful, real-world manufacturing experience in Congress.”

“There is an almost universal experience in physicists, at least of my generation, which is home-made pyrotechnics.”

“I used to say I represented 33% of the strategic reserve of physicists in Congress.”