Washington, DC – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement: “House Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” is nothing more than a big ugly tax giveaway for the ultrawealthy while everyday Americans pick up the tab. According to extensive analysis, the top five percent of Americans will get a $1.5 trillion tax break while the rest of Americans will see their everyday costs soar by thousands of dollars. “The Trump agenda would cut billions in Medicaid funding, taking away health care for nearly 14 million Americans, with 8.6 million becoming uninsured because of this bill alone.  This would also shutter hospitals nationwide, especially

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement: “We stand with Representative LaMonica McIver in the face of efforts to intimidate her and silence those who seek to hold this administration accountable.  “Under federal law, members of Congress have the legally protected authority to conduct oversight inspections of immigration detention facilities. If Representative McIver had posed such a serious threat, she wouldn’t have been invited back inside the Delaney Hall facility to finish her tour that day.  “Just yesterday, a federal judge reprimanded Department of Justice prosecutors in court

“I do not believe Mr. Buzzelli is legally eligible to fill the role of Acting Director and decisions made by him may be unenforceable.”  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanding clarity on who currently leads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   Once Dr. Susan Monarez was nominated to lead the CDC on March 24, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was required to publicly name an Acting Director. In the nearly two