Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement in response to President Trump announcing that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would immediately cap its indirect cost rate at 15%, cutting off lifesaving research at universities. The action contradicts already established law that prohibits modifications to NIH’s indirect costs. Senator Blunt Rochester recently joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. expressing serious alarm over the announcement.   “I am deeply concerned that the President and his unelected billionaire friend are illegally cutting funding for lifesaving medical research

To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, questioned Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Education. The Senator pressed McMahon on her views on ensuring that all students receive a high-quality education, regardless of their religion, ethnicity, or race. Below are excerpts of her remarks. Senator Blunt Rochester: “Do you believe that any school benefiting from taxpayer dollars should be required to follow federal civil rights laws?” Ms. McMahon: “School should be required to follow the laws.” Senator Blunt Rochester: “Anybody getting taxpayer dollars?

  To watch the full floor speech, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, voted against the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Yesterday, Blunt Rochester spoke on the floor in opposition to this nomination. You can watch her full floor speech here, and see excerpts below: “On the eve of the vote for the nominee for the Department of [Health and Human Services], I stand before you, acknowledging that I will vote ‘no’ on the confirmation of Mr. Robert F. Kennedy. I stand