Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) today introduced the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act, legislation that permanently authorizes and expands the Choice Neighborhoods Program. U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-05-Mo.) is leading the effort to introduce the legislation in the House. The Choice Neighborhoods Program is a transformative grant program within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that converts severely distressed neighborhoods into high-quality, mixed-use community developments. Established in 2010, the program has provided $1.8 billion in competitive grants to localities and community organizations for comprehensive neighborhood redevelopment across dozens of distressed communities. In a recent HUD report, researchers

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement following her vote to oppose cloture on the Hagerty-Gillibrand Substitute Amendment to the GENIUS Act, legislation that would create a framework for stablecoins within the U.S. financial regulatory system.  “I appreciate the good-faith bipartisan negotiations that have taken place over the last month to attempt to improve this bill. While this legislation has improved, it still falls short. “As I mentioned in my statement last month, there are several areas of the bill that I felt needed significant improvement with the goals of rooting out corruption, protecting consumers, and protecting our financial

In case you missed it, on Monday, June 9, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) celebrated two major federal investments to benefit young people in Kent and Sussex Counties. Alongside Senator Chris Coons, U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (both D-Del.), Governor Matt Meyer, Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay, former U.S. Senator Tom Carper, and Delaware State University President Dr. Tony Allen, Blunt Rochester celebrated the grand opening of the Early Childhood Innovation Center (ECIC) and Early Childhood Lab School at Delaware State University. Delaware State University received approximately $15 million in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act for these facilities, legislation that Blunt Rochester championed. She then joined Senator Coons,