Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with the witnesses. Washington, DC –Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a hearing titled, “Constructing the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill: Stakeholders’ Perspectives.” The hearing examined the importance of the surface transportation reauthorization, which is set to expire next year. In her questions, Blunt Rochester focused on the Reconnecting Communities Program, which she championed in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the impact digital infrastructure investments have on road safety and saving lives. To watch Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with the witnesses, click here. Key excerpts can be found below: On the

“The Food Security and Farm Protection Act would harm America’s small farmers and infringe on the fundamental rights of states to establish laws and regulations within their own borders.” This letter follows an announcement last week from the Trump administration seeking to undermine Proposition 12 and other state laws. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and 30 of their Senate colleagues in strongly objecting the inclusion of the “Food Security and Farm Protection Act” (S. 1326) in the next Farm Bill or in any other legislation. This letter follows a frivolous Trump administration lawsuit announced last week seeking to undermine state laws.   In a

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke to mark the introduction of a legislative package aimed at advancing uterine health initiatives through a roundtable discussion attended by colleagues, leaders in the space, and Academy Award-winning actor, producer, author, and advocate Lupita Nyong’o detailing the four bills within the package: The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act, The Uterine Fibroid Intervention and Gynecological Health Treatment (U-FIGHT) Act, The Uterine Cancer Study Act, and The Uterine Fibroids Awareness Month Resolution. “It is past time that