November 18, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today celebrated the announcement that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Delaware’s proposal to deliver universal broadband access through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. BEAD, a $42.45 billion federal grant program, was funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Blunt Rochester championed as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2021. “Affordable and reliable internet connection is essential to almost everything we do today. Your zip code should not determine your ability to access the digital world,” said Senator

November 12, 2025 Washington, DC – In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the Farm to School Act, bipartisan legislation to get more fresh, locally grown foods in schools across the nation by expanding and investing in the Farm to School Program. The Senators’ legislation would increase annual funding for the program, reduce barriers to applying for Farm to School Program grants, and support initiatives that deliver fresh, local foods to schools nationwide.  “For 15 years, the Farm to School Program has brought local foods to our students’ lunch tables while teaching them about nutrition and agriculture in their communities,” said Senator

November 11, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released a statement in honor of Veterans Day. “For more than a century, we have set November 11th aside as a day to pause and express our gratitude to the Americans who have served in our nation’s armed forces. First as Armistice Day and now as Veterans Day, this day has come to celebrate the service of those who have defended our country in times of war and in times of peace. Today, we continue that honored tradition. “We have a sacred obligation to serve our veterans as they served us. That