Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement: “Delawareans know that I have a track record of working across the aisle. I was one of the most bipartisan members in the House, and I intend to maintain that posture in the Senate. Over the past month, I have endeavored to fairly consider President Trump’s cabinet nominees. I’ve sought out the voices of Delawareans, asked the nominees tough questions, and considered their qualifications and character, with the intent of doing my duty as a Senator to provide advice and consent. “In each meeting I’ve had with the President’s nominees, I’ve asked

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a group of her colleagues in issuing a letter to Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Dorothy A. Fink, M.D. and Acting Director of the Office of Head Start Captain Tala Hooban expressing concern about the acute financial impacts and lingering uncertainty faced by Head Start programs in Delaware and across the country as a result of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) memo that imposed a government-wide hiring freeze. While the White House later clarified that Head Start would not

  To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today pressed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Senator Blunt Rochester, a former member of the House Health Subcommittee and the former Deputy Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, pushed Kennedy on the depth of his understanding of key health care policy, his intentions when it comes to protecting women who need emergency care, and his commitment to addressing health disparities. Senator Blunt Rochester: “Thank you,