To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today pressed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Senator Blunt Rochester, a former member of the House Health Subcommittee and the former Deputy Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, pushed Kennedy on the depth of his understanding of key health care policy, his intentions when it comes to protecting women who need emergency care, and his commitment to addressing health disparities. Senator Blunt Rochester: “Thank you,

Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement after the confirmation vote for Sean Duffy to be the Secretary of Transportation: “As a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, I had an opportunity to have one-on-one conversations with Sean Duffy about critical transportation and infrastructure initiatives Delawareans rely on. We had productive discussions, and I voted him out of committee earlier this month.  “I was prepared to vote ‘yes’ on his confirmation today on the floor, but with Donald Trump’s decision last night to unconstitutionally freeze funding approved by Congress, I could not support Mr. Duffy’s nomination.  “What President

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s late-night directive unilaterally freezing federal funding appropriated by Congress: “This blatantly unconstitutional directive will cause massive harm to Delawareans. Police and fire departments up and down the state will go unfunded. Military families stationed at Dover Air Force Base will lose access to critical programs, construction projects will go unfinished as workers are laid off, community health centers will be unable to provide critical primary care, opioid overdoses will rise as prevention programs end, and children of working families will go hungry when free lunch programs