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Blunt Rochester, Coons, Durbin, Colleagues Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens to a Foreign Prison
In the letter, the Senators call for the return of the Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, (both D-Del.) joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and 23 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to President Donald Trump calling for him to immediately rescind the dangerous and offensive claim that he may transfer incarcerated U.S. citizens to El Salvador. In the letter, the Senators also urge the President to follow the law and adhere to all
In the News: Delaware Public Media: Blunt Rochester introduces housing measure for her first US Senate bill
By Martin Matheny Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester has introduced her first bill as a member of the U.S. Senate. Blunt Rochester’s bill, the Housing Supply Frameworks Act, is meant to help local and state governments overhaul their zoning and land use laws with support from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD. That, Blunt Rochester said, will lead to more housing. “Bottom line, breaking down barriers, getting rid of red tape and increasing the supply of affordable housing, which we know in Delaware is vital,” she said. Overhauling zoning and land use laws can be daunting for local governments, she said.
Blunt Rochester, Cantwell, Baldwin Demand Answers on Lutnick’s Failure to Protect Minority Business Development Agency
As Trump tariffs batter U.S. economy, Lutnick RIFs entire agency that helps boost minority entrepreneurship, ignite economic opportunity & create jobs in rural, suburban & urban communities across the country Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) wrote to Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanding documents and full accounting of his actions to shutter the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) despite vowing not to support efforts to dismantle it. Today’s letter follows a March 24 letter from Sens. Blunt Rochester and Cantwell, warning