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STATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval

July 30, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) tonight released a statement following her votes on S.J.Res.34 and S.J.Res.41. “Tonight, I voted for two resolutions to suspend further military aid and arms sales to Israel. The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unconscionable. The seemingly deliberate bombing of civilian infrastructure, the alleged killing of Gazan civilians seeking food aid, the man-made famine among the Palestinian people, the increased presence of illegal settlers and violence in the West Bank, the killing of an American citizen without an impartial investigation, and the continued refusal to responsibly work toward a two-state solution all

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Senator Markey, Representative Deluzio Introduce Legislation to Transform U.S. Rail Network

All Aboard Act dedicates $200 billion over five years to build transportation system of the future July 30, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), also a member of the committee, and U.S. Representative Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.-17), member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, to reintroduce the All Aboard Act, legislation that would dedicate $200 billion over five years to build high-speed rail, expand existing passenger rail service, and electrify the most heavily polluting railyards and corridors. The legislation includes critical labor protections for the existing union labor workforce and

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ICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Introduces the VACCINE Act to Preserve Vaccine Integrity and Protect Science

July 29, 2025 Washington, DC – In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the Validating and Advancing Clinical Consensus through Independent Nonpartisan Evaluation (VACCINE) Act, S.2483, legislation that would protect vaccine science and integrity by strengthening protections for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The legislation would prevent the baseless termination of ACIP members and direct an immediate reappointment of members on the advisory committee who were recently fired. This legislation comes after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unprecedented termination of all the members of the ACIP committee

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