MEPs share technology and research from federal research labs and universities with small businesses. Delaware MEP has helped create or retain 423 jobs within the past year. WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined a letter to Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, led by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, demanding answers regarding the administration’s decision to cancel funding for 10 National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country. In addition to Senators Coons, Blunt Rochester, and Cantwell, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth

Senate Banking Committee Dems: “We urge you to hold a hearing so the American people can understand the President’s plan and how it will affect their economic futures.” Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (BHUA) Committee, joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ranking member, and Committee Democrats in calling on Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), to convene a hearing on President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs. The Senate BHUA Committee has critical responsibilities for overseeing the use of IEEPA, which gives the President broad authority to impose economic

Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement after voting against the latest Republican budget resolution:  “In the middle of the night, Republicans put forward a deeply partisan budget resolution that will have serious consequences for Delaware and the nation. This legislation is nothing more than a $4.6 trillion giveaway to the ultra-rich at the cost of everyday families. Despite what they might say, the only way they are going to pay for their tax breaks is by taking away health care for nearly 80 million Americans, including two in three nursing home residents, two in five children, and one