据两位知情人士透露，伊利诺伊州民主党众议员比尔·福斯特正在考虑参加竞选，挑战加利福尼亚州民主党众议员马克辛·沃特斯，争夺众议院金融服务委员会民主党首席成员的职位。这两位知情人士因讨论私人商议而获准匿名。
Rep. Bill Foster is considering entering the race to challenge Rep. Maxine Waters for the top Democratic spot on the House Financial Services Committee, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss private deliberations. Foster, an Illinois Democrat who was first elected in 2008, has not made any final decisions about the contest.
福斯特于2008年首次当选，尚未就是否参选做出最终决定。但他的考虑凸显了现年88岁的沃特斯在寻求继续担任该委员会民主党领袖一职时面临的日益严峻挑战，她自2013年起一直担任该职务。
But his deliberations illustrate the mounting challenge that Waters, 88, faces as she seeks to remain the party’s leader on the Financial Services panel, a role she has held since 2013.
伊利诺伊州民主党众议员肖恩·卡斯滕周二告知沃特斯，他计划竞选该职位。知情人士之一称，沃特斯周二致电福斯特，请求其支持，福斯特表示自己在委员会领导层问题上尚未决定。
Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) told Waters on Tuesday that he plans to run against her for the job. Waters called Foster, 71, on Tuesday to ask for his support, and he communicated that he is undecided about the committee’s leadership, one of the people said.
该知情人士透露，今年早些时候，福斯特曾与沃特斯讨论过通过改革委制来赋予分委会主席更大权力的设想。福斯特的发言人拒绝置评。沃特斯的发言人未立即回应置评请求。
Earlier this year, Foster discussed with Waters ways to reform the committee that would empower subcommittee chairs, the person said. A Foster spokesperson declined to comment. A spokesperson for Waters did not immediately respond to a request for comment.