Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), both members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, have reintroduced the Credit Union Board Modernization Act. The bipartisan legislation revises an antiquated federal law that requires credit union boards to meet every month. By reducing superfluous board meetings, the bill relaxes regulatory burdens and allows credit unions to focus on their core mission of providing financial services to their members. “It is far past time that the arcane requirements for credit unions are removed,” said Senator Blunt Rochester. “This bill is an essential step toward improving the functionality of credit unions up

Washington, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.)—founding co-chairs of the Senate’s first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus—urged EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to reopen the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR), which Duckworth and Booker led the charge to create, so the office can continue helping our most disadvantaged communities in rural, urban and tribal areas by improving access to clean drinking water, addressing legacy pollution that has led to higher cancer, asthma and death rates and more. Additionally, the Senators are demanding a more detailed explanation behind why the Trump Administration decided to abolish

To watch the full interview, click here. Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) for their first joint TV interview since being sworn in to the U.S. Senate. Together, they spoke with PBS NewsHour’s Geoff Bennett on Republican efforts to slash Medicaid, lay off thousands of federal workers, how they view making history, and more. Senators Blunt Rochester and Alsobrooks are two of the five Black women to ever serve in the Senate and are the first two women to ever serve in the chamber at the same time.  Below are excerpts of the interview. On