Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a Nursing Workforce Roundtable. Blunt Rochester highlighted the importance of fortifying our nursing workforce. Blunt Rochester heard from Delaware experts, including U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (D-Del) and Delaware State Senator Marie Pinkney, about the health care challenges and opportunities they face in the First State. This comes as a follow up to the similar roundtable Blunt Rochester hosted in October 2022.  Since the last roundtable, Delaware has made significant progress growing the nursing workforce. However, additional efforts are needed to fill nurse vacancies that persist, support the

Washington, DC – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in a hearing on Daylight Savings time. The full committee hearing, titled “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?” examined the various issues around whether the country should continue “springing forward” and “falling back” each year with time. The committee heard from experts, including Mr. Scott Yates, Founder of Lock the Clock Movement, Mr. Jay Karen, Chief Executive Officer, National Golf Course Owners Association, Dr. Karin Johnson, a practicing physician and professor of neurology at the UMass Chan School of Medicine Baystate, on behalf of the American Academy

Washington, DC – Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act. This legislation is the first bill led and introduced by Blunt Rochester as a member of the United States Senate. The Housing Supply Frameworks Act (S.1299) will provide resources to help communities rehaul their zoning and land use regulations. By channeling national expertise, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will provide a new framework to assist localities in breaking down barriers and increasing the supply of affordable housing across income levels. The bill was introduced in the House by Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-07)