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Practice being excited.
We need to beef up STEM education.
As a businessman, I know that businesses need certainty.
Every person deserves to be treated fairly under the law.
The NLRB provides important protections to American workers.
Immigrants greatly contribute to our country's economic prosperity.
People are people, regardless of who they love or what gender they relate to.
My father was actually a chemist. He got a degree in chemistry from Stanford.
I understand clearly as a freshman in Congress, you don't get to steer the bus.
I am committed to standing up for the LGBTQ community and being a strong voice.
I used to say I represented 33% of the strategic reserve of physicists in Congress.
I often say that I inherited the family's recessive gene for adult-onset political activism.
I am grateful for the sacrifices our veterans have made to defend our freedom and prosperity.
Those who promote hatred, bigotry, and fear do not represent America and do not represent us.
Alan Greenspan is going to go down in history as one of the worst Federal Reserve chairmen ever.
As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.
The amount of subtle and beautiful physics that's necessary to make a smartphone work is enormous.
I really believe in U.S. manufacturing and U.S. exports, but we have to have a level playing field.
I don't want to do anything that capitalizes personally on the fact that I've been in public service.
The fight for a truly inclusive nation that embraces its diversity is not over and perhaps will never be.
There are a number of much less expensive alternatives to detaining immigrants than locking them up somewhere.
I support the Affordable Care Act and believe we should take steps to further expand coverage and reduce costs.
I support marriage equality and oppose legislation that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman.
Whoever is running the country should not be in the pay of a foreign interest. The best way is to see tax returns.
Federal policies must understand the linkages between economic growth, social mobility, and a strong middle class.
There is an almost universal experience in physicists, at least of my generation, which is home-made pyrotechnics.
History has not looked kindly on us when we've prevented people fleeing violence from seeking refuge in this country.
Scientific discovery requires sustained funding for decades, and politicians can destroy it in a single budget cycle.
We should not chip away at the protections that have built the largest economy and the largest middle class in the world.
The freedoms and prosperity we enjoy in America are thanks to the brave men and women who have served in our armed forces.
Negative thoughts are contagious and they get passed around like a disease. I inoculate myself against the fear of failure.
I'm not opposed to the idea of helping regions that are struggling to get a reasonable fraction of federal research spending.
Those in science perform research, have it reviewed by their peers, publish the results, and believe the answer should be obvious.
If I killed my wife and mother and debauched a thousand women I couldn't go to hell--in fact, I couldn't go to hell if I wanted to.
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.
One of the big concerns is the increasing disrespect for the scientific method and for policies that aren't based on facts and evidence.
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.
I think when you provide something absolutely free, the potential of abuse exists. Getting an education without skin in the game is not good.
As we face tough decisions in Washington, we must never forget our responsibility to protect Medicare and preserve it for future generations.
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.
It's wonderful to see more of my colleagues recognizing the importance of investing in STEM education and scientific research and development.
If we choose to ignore science and refuse to fund important scientific research, we voluntarily cede our place as a world leader in innovation.
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.
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 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.
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.
I support common-sense measures like universal background checks to prevent guns from falling into the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill.
As a scientist, the starting point is always the facts of the matter, whereas often, in politics, the starting point is how does this play in the next election.
Properly funding federal research at Argonne National Labs and Fermi National Accelerator Labs will also create jobs and directly benefit the Eleventh District.