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 then joined Senator Coons,

“The American people deserve an opportunity to understand what’s really at risk…with this bill” 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 he released last

“You have repeatedly emphasized the need to return to regular order in the Senate.  That means holding a markup on major new laws affecting financial regulation.” Letter follows Banking Committee Republicans voicing concerns about the draft text violating Senate Byrd rule Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member, and every other committee Democrat in calling on Chairman Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to follow through on his commitment to regular order and hold a markup on the “Big, Beautiful Bill” instead of rushing it straight to the