Dover, Del. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) was in Delaware and stopped by the Innovation Venture Summit at Delaware State University, visited Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, and attended the 19th Annual Delaware Healthy Mother & Infant Consortium (DHMIC) Summit. Throughout the day, Blunt Rochester emphasized the need for continued and additional investments in Delaware’s future generations. “It is no secret that we find ourselves in a difficult moment, but our young people are our future,” said Senator Blunt Rochester. “Today, I highlighted the need for investments in Delawareans of all ages, from infancy to advanced age. I am grateful to Delaware State University and

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a Nursing Workforce Roundtable. Blunt Rochester highlighted the importance of fortifying our nursing workforce. Blunt Rochester heard from Delaware experts, including U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (D-Del) and Delaware State Senator Marie Pinkney, about the health care challenges and opportunities they face in the First State. This comes as a follow up to the similar roundtable Blunt Rochester hosted in October 2022.  Since the last roundtable, Delaware has made significant progress growing the nursing workforce. However, additional efforts are needed to fill nurse vacancies that persist, support the

Washington, DC – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in a hearing on Daylight Savings time. The full committee hearing, titled “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?” examined the various issues around whether the country should continue “springing forward” and “falling back” each year with time. The committee heard from experts, including Mr. Scott Yates, Founder of Lock the Clock Movement, Mr. Jay Karen, Chief Executive Officer, National Golf Course Owners Association, Dr. Karin Johnson, a practicing physician and professor of neurology at the UMass Chan School of Medicine Baystate, on behalf of the American Academy