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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Chavez-DeRemer on Commitments to America’s Workforce

February 19, 2025 To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, questioned Secretary... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Illegal Cuts to NIH, Threatening Lifesaving Research at Universities

February 14, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement in response to President Trump announcing that the National Institutes of Health (NIH)... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Secretary of Education Nominee Linda McMahon During Confirmation Hearing

February 13, 2025 To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, questioned Linda... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Opposes Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as HHS Secretary

February 13, 2025   To watch the full floor speech, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Trump Administration Illegally Pulling EV Infrastructure Funding  

By banning the Department of Transportation from releasing previously approved National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funds, Trump is again violating the Constitution while putting special interests above those of the American... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the Impacts of the Economy on Hardworking Families

February 11, 2025 To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help More Americans Access High-Quality Job Training, Get Good-Paying Jobs

February 11, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and... Continue Reading

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NEWS: EPW Committee Unanimously Passes Brownfields, Recycling Legislation

February 6, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025, legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Environmental Protection... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Commerce Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions, Protect American Producers & Pocketbooks

U.S. manufacturing sector contributes $2.65 trillion to the U.S. economy, employs nearly 13 million American workers & accounts for 10.3% of nation’s GDP February 6, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester Joins 37 Senators in Raising Alarm Over Trump Administration Chaos at Critical National Security Agencies

February 4, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, joined 37 of her colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing their deep concern... Continue Reading