Press Releases

NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Urges Republican Colleagues to Have Compassion and Protect Medicaid, Shares Stories from Delawareans who Rely on this Critical Benefit

The Senator’s full remarks can be viewed here. Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging her Republican colleagues to protect and defend Medicaid. Her speech comes just hours after House Republicans passed a bill that would take away healthcare for millions of Americans, including 40,000 Delawareans. The Senator shared stories from Delawareans and continues to actively empower constituents to share their stories through her “Share Your Story” portal, which she launched following the first 100 days of the Trump administration. The story bank has received over 200 responses from Delawareans concerned by how this administration could

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Blunt Rochester Statement Condemning House Republicans’ ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Bill

Washington, DC – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement: “House Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” is nothing more than a big ugly tax giveaway for the ultrawealthy while everyday Americans pick up the tab. According to extensive analysis, the top five percent of Americans will get a $1.5 trillion tax break while the rest of Americans will see their everyday costs soar by thousands of dollars. “The Trump agenda would cut billions in Medicaid funding, taking away health care for nearly 14 million Americans, with 8.6 million becoming uninsured because of this bill alone.  This would also shutter hospitals nationwide, especially

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STATEMENT: Blunt Rochester, Booker, Warnock, Alsobrooks Joint Statement on Charges Against Rep. LaMonica McIver

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement: “We stand with Representative LaMonica McIver in the face of efforts to intimidate her and silence those who seek to hold this administration accountable.  “Under federal law, members of Congress have the legally protected authority to conduct oversight inspections of immigration detention facilities. If Representative McIver had posed such a serious threat, she wouldn’t have been invited back inside the Delaney Hall facility to finish her tour that day.  “Just yesterday, a federal judge reprimanded Department of Justice prosecutors in court

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