Quotes from Bill Foster

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

Practice being excited.

In science, if you stand up and say something you know is not correct, that's career-ending. It used to be that way in politics, but not anymore.

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

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

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

We have to get back to universities being more focused on education and more connected on what they educate students for to the jobs that actually exist.

My father was actually a chemist. He got a degree in chemistry from Stanford.

The real question is whether the federal government should be in the business of redistributing wealth to equalize the economic status of every state, including states where not many people, for whatever reason, have chosen to live. That type of redistribution is a distortion of our economy.

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

We need to beef up STEM education.

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

I support the Affordable Care Act and believe we should take steps to further expand coverage and reduce costs.

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.

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

The idea of ensuring that federal research dollars should be reasonably spread around is an arguably useful goal. But it should be done per person, not per state.

I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman.

I'm not opposed to the idea of helping regions that are struggling to get a reasonable fraction of federal research spending.

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.

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

The National Endowment for the Arts distributes money to all 50 states, and they try to do their best to distribute to rural and suburban areas. It's one of the great things about the program. It raises the awareness of culture throughout the population.

I am grateful for the sacrifices our veterans have made to defend our freedom and prosperity.

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.

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.