Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Statement on President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress
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 […]
Delaware’s Federal Delegation Announces Guests to President Trump’s Address to Joint Sessions of Congress
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 […]
Blunt Rochester, Hagerty Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Modernize Credit Union Boards
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 […]
Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Reopen EPA Environmental Justice Office That Helped Most Disadvantaged Communities Solve Environmental and Public Health Challenges
Washington, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.)—founding co-chairs of the Senate’s first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus—urged EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to reopen the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR), which Duckworth and Booker led the charge to create, so the office can […]
ICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Senator Alsobrooks on PBS NewsHour for First Joint TV Interview
To watch the full interview, click here. Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) for their first joint TV interview since being sworn in to the U.S. Senate. Together, they spoke with PBS NewsHour’s Geoff Bennett on Republican efforts to slash Medicaid, lay off thousands of federal […]
Blunt Rochester, Senate Democrats Examine the Impacts of the Trump-Musk Attack on the CFPB
To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs participated in a hearing titled, “The Trump-Musk Attack on American Consumers.” Blunt Rochester highlighted how these actions meant to rein in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) impact all American […]
ICYMI: Blunt Rochester Delivers Keynote Celebrating 60 Years of TRIO Programs, Provides Empowering Message for Students
Dover, Del. – In case you missed it, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) delivered the keynote address at Delaware Technical Community College’s National TRIO Day Celebration on Saturday, February 22 at their Terry Campus in Dover. The event, which celebrated 60 years of the Federal TRIO Programs, was attended by hundreds of high school students from across Delaware. […]
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Offers Amendment to Protect Federal Health Care Workers
To see her full remarks introducing the amendment, watch here. Washington, DC – Last night, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) offered an amendment to Senate Republicans’ Budget Resolution that would address the wrongful termination of federal employees who protect the health and safety of Americans. It was voted down by Senate Republicans on a voice vote. The amendment would […]
Blunt Rochester, Senators Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First, Reverse Mass Terminations of VA Employees
“The list of real-life negative impacts of this Administration’s directives is expansive and growing every day.” Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined a group of 35 Democratic Senators calling on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins to immediately reinstate the more than 1,000 VA employees terminated last week who serve […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Chavez-DeRemer on Commitments to America’s Workforce
To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, questioned Secretary of Labor nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer on her commitments to supporting America’s workforce – including federal workers and the future of work. As Delaware’s former Secretary of Labor, Blunt […]