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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Announces Comprehensive Housing Agenda, Charts a New Way Home for Housing Policy

“We need transformative, research-backed policies that unlock production, reimagine communities, and ensure permanent affordability. We need a New Way Home.” Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester Stands Up for the Fed’s Independence, Grills Miran in Committee

September 4, 2025 Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange with Miran. Washington, DC – During the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing this morning, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Sanders Call on Secretary Chavez-DeRemer to Withdraw Proposed Rule that Harms Workers with Disabilities

September 4, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Coons, McBride Celebrate Two Major Federal Investments in Harrington

August 20, 2025 Harrington, Del. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons and U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) today came together to highlight the impact of two major federal investments... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Underscores How Republican Cuts to Medicaid Impact Seniors, Visits Kutz Senior Living Campus

August 15, 2025 Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, yesterday visited Kutz Senior Living Campus in Wilmington.... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Calls for Hearing on New Trump-appointed BLS Commissioner

August 15, 2025 Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today called for E.J. Antoni, Chief Economist at a conservative think... Continue Reading

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ICYMI: In Sussex County, Senator Blunt Rochester Shines Light on Local Impact of Federal Investment

August 15, 2025 Lewes, Del. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) spent the day on August 13 in eastern Sussex County to highlight the local impact of... Continue Reading

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STATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Mourns the Loss of Former Delaware Governor and Congressman Mike Castle

August 14, 2025 Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released the following statement on the death of Michael N. Castle, Delaware’s lone and longest-serving member of the U.S.... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Highlights Conservation Efforts at Bombay Hook

August 12, 2025 Smyrna, Del. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today visited Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Senator Blunt Rochester toured... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons celebrate over $75 Million in federal funding for Delaware in appropriations bills passed by Senate

August 6, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) celebrated the U.S. Senate advancing the first fiscal year 2026 spending bills late Friday night, which will deliver more than... Continue Reading