June 11, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement following her vote to oppose cloture on the Hagerty-Gillibrand Substitute Amendment to the GENIUS Act, legislation that would create a framework for stablecoins within the U.S. financial regulatory system.  “I appreciate the good-faith bipartisan negotiations that have taken place over the last month to attempt to improve this bill. While this legislation has improved, it still falls short. “As I mentioned in my statement last month, there are several areas of the bill that I felt needed significant improvement with the goals of rooting out corruption, protecting consumers, and

June 11, 2025 In case you missed it, on Monday, June 9, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) celebrated two major federal investments to benefit young people in Kent and Sussex Counties. Alongside Senator Chris Coons, U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (both D-Del.), Governor Matt Meyer, Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay, former U.S. Senator Tom Carper, and Delaware State University President Dr. Tony Allen, Blunt Rochester celebrated the grand opening of the Early Childhood Innovation Center (ECIC) and Early Childhood Lab School at Delaware State University. Delaware State University received approximately $15 million in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act for these facilities, legislation that Blunt Rochester championed. She

“The American people deserve an opportunity to understand what’s really at risk…with this bill” June 11, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, joined Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of Committee, and fellow Democratic Committee Members Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Ben Ray Luján, (N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) to urge Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz to follow regular order and schedule a markup for the budget reconciliation text