Home News In The News

In The News

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

STATEMENT: Blunt Rochester Statement on Trump’s Budget Proposal

May 2, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement after the release of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal: “Today, following 100 days of chaos, confusion,... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

IN THE NEWS: Delaware Business Times: Blunt Rochester files federal Clean Slate bill

By Katie Tabeling May 1, 2025 WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester is renewing her push for job creation and reducing barriers for those who were incarcerated for... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Blumenthal Announce Bill to Help Veterans Keep Their Homes, Replace Cancelled VASP Program

May 1, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)announced they will be introducing legislation this week to replace the... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Warren, Merkley, and 19 Senators Press Trump on How His Chaotic Tariffs are Raising Americans’ Housing Prices

May 1, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Schiff, Murphy, Blumenthal, Padilla, Rep. McBath, Colleagues Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban

April 30, 2025 Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) in leading the... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

NEWS: During Second Chance Month, Senators Blunt Rochester and Paul Introduce the Clean Slate Act

April 30, 2025 Senator Blunt Rochester’s full remarks at a press conference this morning can be found here. Washington, D.C. —  During Second Chance Month, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Senator... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

ICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Marks First 100 Days in the Senate with Town Hall

April 29, 2025 Washington, D.C. – This month, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) marked her first 100 days in office as Delaware’s newest Senator. In her first 100 days, Blunt... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Coons, Durbin, Senate Democrats Push Trump Administration to Reconsider Student Visa Revocations

Senators to DHS, State Department, ICE: “Students who have entered through our legal immigration system and followed the law remain unsure of what, if any, steps they may take to... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Coons, McBride, Meyer, Jennings answer questions from constituents at Wilmington town hall

April 26, 2025 Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons, Congresswoman Sarah McBride, Governor Matt Meyer and Attorney General Kathy Jennings (all D-Del.) took questions from... Continue Reading

Press Release
LBR Press Clips

NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Coons, Durbin, Colleagues Demand President Trump Rescind Harmful Claims That He Will Transfer Incarcerated U.S. Citizens to a Foreign Prison

In the letter, the Senators call for the return of the Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia April 24, 2025 Wilmington, Del. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester... Continue Reading