Bill Foster

I'm pushing - on a bipartisan basis, actually - to get federal support for the creation of high-quality textbooks that can be downloaded for free on the Internet. ”

As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty. ”

As someone who started a small business from scratch, I know how important it is for families and for communities to have strong job creation. ”

Spend a while listening to people in your district to make sure you understand how they are served well in government and how they could be served better. ”

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. ”

When I first ran for Congress, I decided that I would not take pledges to vote for or against any issue. I believe the practice of taking pledges contributes to the worst of the partisan gridlock in Washington, preventing many members of Congress from even considering a reasonable compromise offered by the other side. ”

I think the amount of love and trust on Capitol Hill is often in short supply, and having more dogs here would probably make this place work better and maybe in a more bipartisan manner. ”

I am committed to standing up for the LGBTQ community and being a strong voice. ”

One of the fundamental scientific discoveries of the dog-human relationship is that when a dog looks into his master's eyes, you have a release of oxytocin - which is the trust hormone, the love hormone. ”

Scientists want to know the evidence behind a statement; they want reproducible tests and verifiable facts. There is a big difference in the thought process of a trial lawyer who is interested not in what's true but what he can convince a jury is true. ”