To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, questioned Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell about the impacts of the economy on hardworking Americans and their families. Senator Blunt Rochester: “Thank you, Chair and Ranking Member, and thank you, Chairman Powell. It’s good to see you and thank you for meeting with me last week. We discussed everything from jobs and housing supply to the real impact on, Fed policies on all of our lives. And I also got a chance to share with

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) to introduce the Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, bipartisan legislation to help more Americans get good-paying jobs by allowing students to use federal Pell Grants—need-based education grants for lower-income individuals—to pay for shorter-term job training programs for the first time. Currently, students can only use Pell Grants for two- and four-year colleges and universities. By expanding Pell Grant eligibility, the JOBS Act would help close the skills gap by allowing people to access job training they

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025, legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields program, and the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act, legislation to improve our nation’s recycling and composting systems.  The Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025 wasintroduced by U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the EPW Committee,andthe STEWARD Act was introduced by Chairman Capito, and U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and John Boozman (R-Ark.). The Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025: “Cleaning up brownfield sites can be costly and