Believe Quote by Bill Foster

“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.”

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

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As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty.

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There are a number of much less expensive alternatives to detaining immigrants than locking them up somewhere.

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I was surprised that when you get into electoral politics how scientific the analysis was in the electorate. You can identify on a state-by-state…

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

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Negative thoughts are contagious and they get passed around like a disease. I inoculate myself against the fear of failure.

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History has not looked kindly on us when we've prevented people fleeing violence from seeking refuge in this country.

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

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As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.

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The idea of ensuring that federal research dollars should be reasonably spread around is an arguably useful goal. But it should be done per…

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The amount of subtle and beautiful physics that's necessary to make a smartphone work is enormous.

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I support common-sense measures like universal background checks to prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill.

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