Senator Blunt Rochester Floor Remarks on Amendment to Lower Housing Costs
To watch the video, click here. Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) spoke on the House Floor today during a debate of Senate Republicans’ partisan budget bill. There, she discussed her amendment to combat the President’s extreme tariffs that will exacerbate the housing crisis. Below are her remarks as prepared. Yesterday, when the Budget Resolution came to […]
Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Demand Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care Employees
Senators to Secretary Kennedy: “The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services…with no clear planning nor considerations for how early childhood services will be impacted” Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Tariff Resolution
Washington, DC – Last night, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement: “I voted in favor of reversing President Trump’s unnecessary national emergency on Canadian imports. The President is doing everything he possibly can to justify extreme tariffs on our biggest trading partners and raise prices for American families. Let’s be clear: tariffs are taxes […]
Blunt Rochester Leads 22 Colleagues in Letter to Secretary McMahon Highlighting Impact of Shuttering the Department of Education on Students with Disabilities
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led 22 of her colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. In their letter, the Senators highlighted the disastrous harm that shutteringthe Department of Education will have on millions of students with […]
Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Blast Republican Budget Gimmicks to Pass Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Worsen the National Debt, and Leave Behind Working Families
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Andy Kim (D-N.J), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ upcoming reconciliation budget bill: “This week, Senate Republicans are charging ahead with their plans to pass Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts for billionaires. If they are successful, Republicans will […]
Blunt Rochester Leads Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Sweeping Changes at FHFA
Washington, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, led seven of her colleagues, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, in sending a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency […]
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Calls on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Resign
Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: “In January, after thorough evaluation, I concluded that Pete Hegseth was wholly unqualified to serve as Secretary of Defense, which is why I voted against his confirmation on the floor. The full set of Signal messages […]
Blunt Rochester, Grassley, Luján, Marshall Pass Bipartisan Blood Clot Awareness Resolution
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) introduced and passed a bipartisan resolution recognizing Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month. Every year, as many as 900,000 individuals in the United States are affected by deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms, conditions caused by blood clots. Every six minutes, […]
ICYMI: Blunt Rochester, Whitehouse Lead EPW Democrats in Demanding EPA Reverse Unlawful Termination of Grants for Clean Air and Water
New documents reveal 400 grantees are being illegally targeted for termination and expose EPA’s willful violation of congressional appropriations law, contractual agreements, and multiple court orders Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse […]
Blunt Rochester, Cantwell Demand Commerce Secretary Lutnick Protect Minority Business Development Agency from Trump’s Overreach
Trump’s March 14 EO guts the agency which has helped boost minority entrepreneurship, ignite economic opportunity & create jobs in rural, suburban & urban communities across the country Senators to Lutnick: “…stay true to your testimony” WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, […]