Lawmaker seeks to restore millions in funds for Fermilab

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster is asking for millions to restore lost funding to his former employer, Fermilab. In letters sent Thursday to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Foster, a Democrat from Geneva, asked that $350 million be restored to the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. The cuts were part of this year's budget, but the money could be included in a supplemental appropriations bill. Foster said he wanted $150 million for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, often called Fermilab, where he once worked as a scientist. Although he also mentioned Argonne National Laboratory near Darien, Foster said Fermilab suffered the most of any national lab in the co