Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress.  “In a matter of weeks, this Administration has thrust our nation into a state of chaos, confusion, and uncertainty. While Americans are struggling to pay for groceries, the President will be hiking taxes on basic goods by enacting his tariff plan. As we struggle to fill critical workforce shortages around the country, this administration has fired tens of thousands of dedicated public servants – ranging from critical air traffic controllers to nuclear safety experts. All of this while humiliating and alienating our

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) announced their guests to President Trump’s scheduled address to a joint session of Congress. As the Trump administration works to gut federal agencies by summarily firing public servants, the federal delegation has invited impacted Delawareans as their guests. Senator Coons will host Rory Badger, a Seaford father and husband who previously was employed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office in Salisbury, Maryland. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fired Badger last month without notice and without cause. Badger, a

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