July 11, 2025 NEWARK, Del. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) today joined healthcare providers, food security advocates, environmental leaders, and working Delawareans at the Food Bank of Delaware to denounce the Republican budget bill signed into law by President Trump last week that will take food assistance away from as many as 37,000 Delawareans. The Republican budget bill signed into law on July 4 contains severe cuts to crucial food and healthcare programs in order to rig the tax code even more in favor of the ultra-wealthy, including cutting $186 billion from food assistance programs for vulnerable

July 10, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led 32 of her colleagues in introducing a resolution honoring Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. In the United States, Black women workers are paid just 66 cents for every dollar paid to non-Hispanic White men. If current trends continue, Black women will have to wait, on average, over 200 years to achieve equal pay. Continued disparities not only make it harder for Black women to survive and thrive, but also have a negative impact on the children, families and communities that rely on them. The House companion resolution is being led by U.S. Representative Alma

July 10, 2025 Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined her Democratic colleagues in opposition to President Trump’s $9.4 billion rescissions request to cut funding already appropriated by Congress. She made clear that the proposed $1.1 billion in funding cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be detrimental to families and democracy. Senator Blunt Rochester’s full remarks can be found here. Senator Blunt Rochester’s full remarks can be found here or below, as delivered: Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you also to Senator Durbin for creating this opportunity to speak up against this recission package. When I ran for