Senators Will Delay Department Of Commerce Nominees Until States Receive Funding. Washington, DC –Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) led over a dozen of their Senate colleagues in a letter condemning the Trump Administration’s reckless decision to rescind approval for states to receive their share of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program funding. The BEAD program was created to connect families in the hardest-to-serve communities to high-speed internet and close the digital divide. The Trump Administration’s new guidance rescinded the final approval of three states, including Delaware and Nevada, and forces all states to redo burdensome steps in their processes, hindering states’ ability

Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with Dr. Monarez. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, pressed President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Susan Monarez, at her confirmation hearing. Following the abrupt firing of experts on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ panel, Blunt Rochester’s questioning focused on vaccine affordability for Delaware families and her VACCINE Act to protect trust in vaccinations across our nation. In a HELP Committee hearing in May, Blunt Rochester questioned Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the

Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with Chair Powell. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, participated in a hearing titled, “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” during which committee members asked questions of Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Blunt Rochester’s questions were focused on full employment and our changing technology landscape, including the role artificial intelligence (AI) plays in the workforce. To watch the full hearing, click here. Key excerpts can be found below: On preserving the Fed’s commitment to full