September 11, 2025 In case you missed it, on Friday, September 5, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, unveiled her new legislative agenda to combat the housing crisis, titled, “The New Way Home Agenda: A Federal Framework to Address America’s Housing Crisis.” The agenda contains five pillars covering Blunt Rochester’s vision on how to get it done — “Breaking Ground: Expand Housing Supply,” “Laying the Foundation: Build Stronger Communities,” “Creating a New Blueprint: Make Housing Attainable,” “Raising the Roof: Unlock Innovative Housing Models,” and “Open New Doors: Invest in Smart Tax Policy.” Throughout the agenda, Blunt Rochester outlines

September 10, 2025 The full spotlight forum can be viewed here. Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Education and the American Family, today held a spotlight forum on the impact of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s recent, unprecedented, and dangerous vaccine policies. The forum comes one week ahead of the HELP Committee’s hearing with the recently fired former Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Susan Monarez, who was removed from her post because she refused to comply with Secretary Kennedy’s harmful directives on vaccines.  Alongside fellow Senate Democrats, Blunt Rochester exposed how changes to

September 10, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) yesterday introduced the Recommending Artificial Intelligence Standards in Education (RAISE) Act. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is an original cosponsor of the bill. Blunt Rochester, Husted, and Cassidy all sit on the Senate HELP Committee. This bill supports states in developing academic standards for artificial intelligence for K-12 students. AI and technology literacy are essential to maintaining America’s economic competitiveness in the face of global adversaries like China. Today’s students will be tomorrow’s leaders, and we must make sure they have