Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with Dr. Monarez. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, pressed President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Susan Monarez, at her confirmation hearing. Following the abrupt firing of experts on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ panel, Blunt Rochester’s questioning focused on vaccine affordability for Delaware families and her VACCINE Act to protect trust in vaccinations across our nation. In a HELP Committee hearing in May, Blunt Rochester questioned Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the

Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with Chair Powell. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, participated in a hearing titled, “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” during which committee members asked questions of Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Blunt Rochester’s questions were focused on full employment and our changing technology landscape, including the role artificial intelligence (AI) plays in the workforce. To watch the full hearing, click here. Key excerpts can be found below: On preserving the Fed’s commitment to full

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) held the Senate floor for one hour to raise awareness on the state of women’s reproductive rights post Dobbs v. Jackson, which overruled Roe v. Wade. She was joined by her Senate Democratic colleagues. To watch her remarks, click here or see a transcript below. Senator Blunt Rochester’s full opening and closing remarks can be found here. Senator Blunt Rochester’s opening remarks, as delivered Mr. President, there are moments in our lives when everything changes, when the world shifts underneath you and a new reality forms. These are moments when you remember exactly where you were, what you were doing,