Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement on S.J.Res.26 and S.J.Res 33:  “I have long called for a lasting ceasefire in Israel and Gaza and for lasting peace and security in the entire region. That includes the return of all hostages, continuing the necessary flow of humanitarian aid, and putting an end to the thousands of civilian casualties.    “That said, increased aggression from Iran and the emergence of proxy terror groups continue to threaten Israel’s lasting security, and I believe Israel has the right to defend itself. I opposed these resolutions because I believe we should not be

Washington, DC – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) offered several amendments to Republicans’ partisan budget reconciliation package to protect American families. Her amendments would have defended Medicaid from historic billion-dollar cuts, prevented the senseless termination of employees who work to lower health care costs and prohibited extreme tariffs and trade practices that exacerbate the housing affordability crisis.  “If Republicans wanted to keep their promises to the American people and actually lower costs, they would have voted for these amendments,” said Senator Blunt Rochester. “This partisan budget bill fulfills only one promise they’ve made, and that’s to lower taxes for the richest Americans. Our housing crisis has

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreements between public employee unions and dozens of federal agencies and bureaus. In their letter, Senator Coons, Senator Blunt Rochester, and their colleagues blasted the move as a “gross overreach” of presidential authority, asserting that the executive order is a clear attempt to gut the federal merit-based civil service and implement a system of political cronyism. They stressed that the order poses a grave threat to the ability of over 1 million federal