Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full remarks and exchange with the witnesses. Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s Subcommittee on Education & the American Family, today participated in a spotlight forum titled, “Robbing Our Students’ Futures: The Indefensible Attacks on Public Education.” Blunt Rochester and her colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), discussed the multitude of harms the Trump administration has caused to K-12 education. Amidst the administration’s cancelling of grants mid-cycle, withholding of nearly $6 billion in education funds meant to support student achievement, disastrous budget proposals, and efforts

Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full remarks and exchange with the witnesses. Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today participated in a spotlight forum titled, “Mind Over Methane: The No-Brainer Climate, Economic, and Health Solution.” Blunt Rochester and her colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of EPW, shined a light on the public health impacts of increased atmospheric methane, a product of the Trump administration’s attempts to generate energy through fossil fuels. To watch Blunt Rochester’s full remarks and exchange with the witnesses, click here. Her opening statement can be found

Bicameral First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act would help make homeownership a reality for young Americans amidst skyrocketing housing costs Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and 12 fellow Democratic Senators in reintroducing the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act, legislation that aims to support middle-class Americans purchasing their first home.  The bill would establish a refundable tax credit worth up to 10 percent of a home’s purchase price – up to a maximum of $15,000 – for first-time homebuyers.  In addition to Blunt Rochester, Whitehouse, and