Freshman Congressman Bill Foster, a Democrat from the 14th District in Illinois, gives a nice Q&A about his priorities, first days in office, and whether he can help his old employer Fermilab. The Northern Star newspaper, a student publication from Northern Illinois University, which works closely with Fermilab, published the story.
Here's an excerpt from the article:
NS: What are the issues you feel most strongly about and how do you plan to approach them? And how will you face opposition?
BF:Well, there are a range of issues that do address on different time scales. Well, the things that I am hoping to immediately work on is that I am going to make a serious attempt to see if we can get some financial relief because of the funding cuts at the Fermilab and Argonne and I am going to make an effort, that’s all I can promise.
That’s going to be tough, that’s a very short term priority.
