“Delawareans deserve to know why their state’s progress has been put on hold.” Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick expressing her deep disapproval at the Secretary’s recent guidance on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. On June 6, Secretary Lutnick announced guidance that would mandate unnecessary red tape and, in practice, delay Delaware’s deployment of high-speed internet to its hardest-to-serve communities, closing the digital divide. On June 26, Blunt Rochester joined U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), along with 13 of their

U.S. manufacturing sector contributes $2.65 trillion to the U.S. economy, employs nearly 13 million American workers and accounts for 10.3 percent of nation’s GDP Washington, DC – In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act. The Act 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

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement after Senate Republicans passed their reconciliation bill. Senator Blunt Rochester voted NO on the bill. “The Republican majority in the Senate has just voted to take healthcare away from millions, rip food assistance away from families, and make life more expensive for working class Americans. The level of devastation this reconciliation bill will cause cannot be understated. And despite their claims to prioritize ‘fiscal responsibility,’ this bill will balloon the federal debt and deficit. That is the opposite of government efficiency. “Hundreds of constituents have called and written into my office to illustrate how