Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement: “We stand with Representative LaMonica McIver in the face of efforts to intimidate her and silence those who seek to hold this administration accountable.  “Under federal law, members of Congress have the legally protected authority to conduct oversight inspections of immigration detention facilities. If Representative McIver had posed such a serious threat, she wouldn’t have been invited back inside the Delaney Hall facility to finish her tour that day.  “Just yesterday, a federal judge reprimanded Department of Justice prosecutors in court

“I do not believe Mr. Buzzelli is legally eligible to fill the role of Acting Director and decisions made by him may be unenforceable.”  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanding clarity on who currently leads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   Once Dr. Susan Monarez was nominated to lead the CDC on March 24, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was required to publicly name an Acting Director. In the nearly two

Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement following her vote supporting the procedural motion to advance the GENIUS Act, legislation that would create a framework for stablecoins within the U.S. financial regulatory system: “Last night, I voted to advance the GENIUS Act with the hope that we could make more progress toward improving the bill. While good-faith bipartisan negotiations addressed some of my serious concerns, it does not include all of the necessary changes to protect consumers, protect the stability of the financial system, and prevent fraud and criminal enterprises from using stablecoins. I also believe this legislation still falls short of