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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

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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