“I’m ready to write the next chapter of American housing policy. With history in mind, I call on everyone to work together to redeem the American dream.” July 23, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, published an op-ed in Urban One’s most recent publication, 8th Anniversary Edition of Engaging Black America 2025. Blunt Rochester’s op-ed, titled, “From Redlining to Reform: A New Chapter for Housing Policy,” focuses on her vision for the road ahead on increasing access to affordable housing for all Americans. Blunt Rochester is dedicated to cutting unnecessary red tape and empowering localities to

July 23, 2025 The Senator’s full remarks can be found here. Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Education & the American Family, today led Democrats in a hearing entitled, “Choice and Literacy: Empowering Families for Better Educational Results.” Blunt Rochester’s message focused on the importance of investing in and improving public schools to ensure that all students have access to a quality education. She pushed back on Republicans’ efforts to privatize K-12 education through school vouchers, which divert public dollars towards the subsidization of wealthy students, often already enrolled in private school, at the expense of the 90%

July 21, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, today introduced the Accelerating Home Building Act.  To address rising housing costs, communities across the nation are turning to pattern zoning—an innovative approach that streamlines the construction approval process by allowing developers to use pre-reviewed building designs. These standardized designs are compiled in documents known as pattern books. The bipartisan Accelerating Home Building Act would:  “We are in the middle of a housing affordability crisis in Delaware and across this nation,” said Senator Blunt Rochester. “One of my top priorities in the Senate is ensuring