Heather Wilson
Heather Wilson
Heather Ann Wilsonis President of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota. She is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 1998 to 2009. She was the first female military veteran elected to a full term in Congress...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 December 1960
CountryUnited States of America
Heather Wilson quotes about
acceptance children deal dumb kinds redhead short strengthen tall tease themselves towards ugly
Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others.
continue expensive expertise fail four graduate history mathematics nation people spend students teaching
Many of our young people spend four years getting very expensive college degrees. But our universities fail them and the nation if they continue to graduate students with expertise in biochemistry, mathematics or history without teaching them to think about what problems are important and why.
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A comprehensive national energy policy is critical to our nation's economy and our national security. Energy expenditures account for about 7% percent of our total economy and influence pricing in the much of the rest of the economy.
states
New Mexico is one of the top energy-producing states in the nation.
support immigration legal-immigration
I support legal immigration.
issues safety borders
Border security is a safety issue.
independent issues important
I've got a bit of an independent streak. I'm not afraid of bipartisan compromise on issues that are important to the nation.
fighting pro-life second-amendment
Primaries are a family fight. I'm a pro-free enterprise, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Republican.
government people republican
I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.
military party vietnam
After Vietnam, the Democrats became fundamentally the anti-military as a party.
matter election polls
The poll that matters is the one that happens on Election Day.
needs mexico growing
The H-1B visa program which helps sustain our rapidly growing economy and also helps meet the health care needs of families living in rural New Mexico.
land oil long
We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.
reading passion fighting
Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world.