“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

September 4, 2025 Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with Miran. Washington, DC – During the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing this morning, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) pressed Dr. Stephen Miran, the President’s nominee for Federal Reserve Governor, on whether he would uphold the independence of the nation’s central bank. To watch Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with Miran, click here. Key excerpts can be found below: On the Importance of the Fed’s Independence Senator Blunt Rochester: “Dr. Miran, in your testimony, you spoke about the independence of the Federal Open Market Committee. You also said the independence of monetary policy is

September 4, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, led seven of their colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to withdraw a proposed rule that would harm American workers with disabilities. The proposed rule would modify how Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is implemented and upend critical requirements for federal contractors that support the hiring and advancement of employment of workers with disabilities. “Since 1973, Congress has required federal contractors to take affirmative steps