Press Releases
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
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
NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Announces Comprehensive Housing Agenda, Charts a New Way Home for Housing Policy
“We need transformative, research-backed policies that unlock production, reimagine communities, and ensure permanent affordability. We need a New Way Home.” September 5, 2025 Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, today 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.” At Imani Village in Wilmington, a community developed with a $50 million Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Biden-Harris Administration, Blunt Rochester was joined by leaders impacted by the fight to lower