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

To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs participated in a hearing titled, “The Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers.” Blunt Rochester highlighted how these actions meant to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) impact all American consumers, including seniors and veterans. Below are excerpts of her remarks. “I want to thank the panelists for your work and also for your story. I think you are representing millions of people. And so, thank you so much for your voice. And I don’t think the importance of