The Senator’s full remarks and exchanges with the witnesses can be found here. Washington, DC – Yesterday, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, led her fellow Democrats at a hearing titled, “Finding Nemo’s Future: Conflicts over Ocean Resources” to examine the effects of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing on the United States. Blunt Rochester’s questions were focused on shining a light on how proposed and already realized cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) make it harder for our nation to protect our supply chains and enforce

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) led a group of 19 Senate colleagues in condemning U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s decision to gut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and appoint several members to the committee with a documented history of anti-vaccine ideology and peddling misinformation. In the letter, the lawmakers raise the alarm on the dangers of gutting the ACIP and urge Secretary Kennedy to

As Republican Bill Takes Away Health Care from Millions of Americans, Senate Democrats Offer Common Sense Improvements to Medicaid and Empower Federal Watchdogs to Fight Real Fraud Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a dozen Senate Democrats, led by Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) as they released legislative proposals to strengthen and invest in the Medicaid program for children, seniors, Americans with disabilities and working families, as well as draft legislation to boost federal anti-fraud initiatives. “In this moment when Republicans are considering their ‘big bad’