Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with the nominees. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, participated in a confirmation hearing for three of the president’s nominees for positions within the U.S. Department of Commerce. The nominees were Dr.Neil Jacobs to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Taylor Jordan to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, and Harry Kumar to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs.Blunt Rochester’s questions were focused on the consequences of major budget cuts to

“Delawareans deserve to know why their state’s progress has been put on hold.” Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick expressing her deep disapproval at the Secretary’s recent guidance on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. On June 6, Secretary Lutnick announced guidance that would mandate unnecessary red tape and, in practice, delay Delaware’s deployment of high-speed internet to its hardest-to-serve communities, closing the digital divide. On June 26, Blunt Rochester joined U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), along with 13 of their

U.S. manufacturing sector contributes $2.65 trillion to the U.S. economy, employs nearly 13 million American workers and accounts for 10.3 percent of nation’s GDP Washington, DC – In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act. The Act would authorize the Department of Commerce to strengthen American supply chains for critical industries and emerging technologies by working with the private sector and U.S. government partners to anticipate and prevent future supply chain disruptions