“We urge the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans to join us to lower Americans’ health care costs and reopen the government.” November 5, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), as well as 24 other Senate Democrats in slamming the Trump administration for its failure to address rising health care costs for American families. In a new letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the lawmakers highlighted the worsening affordability crisis, especially for health care — the crux of

“Hardworking Delawareans cannot afford to shoulder these massive price hikes, and they shouldn’t have to.” November 5, 2025 Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro sounded the alarm about higher health insurance premiums in a new op-ed in Bay to Bay News titled, “Open enrollment is different, so be prepared.” With the beginning of open enrollment this year, health care costs are skyrocketing because Republicans in Congress refuse to extend the tax credits that have helped lower premiums for millions of Americans. For a 50-year-old couple in Middletown, Delaware, making $85,000

October 30, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits and Compensation for Keep-Up (SNAP BACK) Act. The bill would retroactively reimburse states that use state funding to administer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the federal government shutdown. Almost 42 million Americans– and nearly 120,000 Delawareans – receive critical food assistance through SNAP. “Just months after making the largest cuts to SNAP in modern history, and weeks into their government shutdown, Republicans in Washington seem content to let Americans go hungry,” said Senator Blunt Rochester. “As the