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NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Husted Introduce Bill to Integrate AI in Classrooms, Prepare American Students

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

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NEWS: Democratic Senators Release Framework for Market Structure Legislation

September 9, 2025 Washington, DC – Today, Democratic Senators released a framework for market structure legislation. The group of Senators includes Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.).  “The digital asset sector has grown to a $4 trillion global market. We owe it to the millions of Americans who participate in this market to create clear rules of the road that protect consumers and safeguard our markets. We also must ensure that

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NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Warner, Kim Introduce New Legislation to Unlock Faith-Based and Higher-Ed Land for Affordable Rental Housing

Senators push multi-pronged strategy to boost supply, expand access, and bring down housing costs for American families. September 5, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) to introduce the Yes in God’s Back Yard (YIGBY) Act, new legislation designed to help faith-based organizations and institutions of higher education unlock the promise of their existing land holdings by transforming underused property into much-needed affordable housing. The bill would provide resources and incentives to support the development and preservation of affordable rental housing on property these institutions

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