Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement after the confirmation vote for Sean Duffy to be the Secretary of Transportation: “As a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, I had an opportunity to have one-on-one conversations with Sean Duffy about critical transportation and infrastructure initiatives Delawareans rely on. We had productive discussions, and I voted him out of committee earlier this month.  “I was prepared to vote ‘yes’ on his confirmation today on the floor, but with Donald Trump’s decision last night to unconstitutionally freeze funding approved by Congress, I could not support Mr. Duffy’s nomination.  “What President

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s late-night directive unilaterally freezing federal funding appropriated by Congress: “This blatantly unconstitutional directive will cause massive harm to Delawareans. Police and fire departments up and down the state will go unfunded. Military families stationed at Dover Air Force Base will lose access to critical programs, construction projects will go unfinished as workers are laid off, community health centers will be unable to provide critical primary care, opioid overdoses will rise as prevention programs end, and children of working families will go hungry when free lunch programs

U.S. manufacturing sector contributes $2.65 trillion to the U.S. economy, employs nearly 13 million American workers & accounts for 10.3% of nation’s GDP WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in re-introducing the bipartisan Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act that would authorize the Department of Commerce to strengthen American supply chains for critical industries and emerging technologies by working with the private sector and U.S. government partners to anticipate and prevent future supply chain disruptions before they happen. In the process, it will also identify