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NEWS: Blunt Rochester Joins Bipartisan Colleagues to Introduce Legislation to Protect the Rights of American Workers

March 6, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking... Continue Reading

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STATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Statement on President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress

March 5, 2025 Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress.  “In a matter of weeks,... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Delaware’s Federal Delegation Announces Guests to President Trump’s Address to Joint Sessions of Congress

March 4, 2025 Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) announced their guests to President Trump’s scheduled address to a joint... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Hagerty Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Modernize Credit Union Boards

March 3, 2025 Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), both members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, have reintroduced the Credit Union... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Reopen EPA Environmental Justice Office That Helped Most Disadvantaged Communities Solve Environmental and Public Health Challenges

March 3, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.)—founding co-chairs of the Senate’s first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus—urged EPA Administrator... Continue Reading

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ICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Senator Alsobrooks on PBS NewsHour for First Joint TV Interview

February 28, 2025 To watch the full interview, click here. Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) for their first joint TV... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Senate Democrats Examine the Impacts of the Trump-Musk Attack on the CFPB

February 25, 2025 To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs participated in... Continue Reading

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ICYMI: Blunt Rochester Delivers Keynote Celebrating 60 Years of TRIO Programs, Provides Empowering Message for Students

February 25, 2025 Dover, Del. – In case you missed it, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) delivered the keynote address at Delaware Technical Community College’s National TRIO Day Celebration on Saturday, February 22... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Offers Amendment to Protect Federal Health Care Workers

February 21, 2025 To see her full remarks introducing the amendment, watch here. Washington, DC – Last night, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) offered an amendment to Senate Republicans’ Budget Resolution that would address... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Senators Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First, Reverse Mass Terminations of VA Employees

“The list of real-life negative impacts of this Administration’s directives is expansive and growing every day.” February 20, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined a group... Continue Reading