“He’s creating and sowing confusion at a time when we need to have peace and let people exercise their rights to protest and demonstrate…” Watch the full interview here. Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss how the President escalated tensions in Los Angeles and his executive overreach. Below are excerpts and here is a link to the interview. On The L.A. Protests and the President’s Rhetoric “This is no way to be a leader of a country. Mayor Karen Bass in California, the governor, Gavin Newsom, have been making sure that they have law and order. And this president is

Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s decision to remove all 17 members of the CDC’s expert panel of vaccine advisers. “This is a dangerous decision – and one that unfortunately, was predictable. Since Secretary Kennedy’s first disastrous appearance before our committee, it was clear he was unfit to lead our public health programs and keep Americans safe. In March, I asked Secretary Kennedy if he would commit to keeping current ACIP members on the committee after postponing

Dover, Del. – Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (all D-Del.), joined Governor Matt Meyer, Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay, former U.S. Senator Tom Carper, and Delaware State University President Dr. Tony Allen for the grand opening of the Early Childhood Innovation Center (ECIC) and Early Childhood Lab School at Delaware State University. This project received approximately $15 million in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act which was championed by Coons, Blunt Rochester, and Carper. Blunt Rochester and Carper attended the event announcing this investment in November 2021. The ECIC will provide professional credentials and career advancement opportunities for