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WATCH: Senator Blunt Rochester Slams Administrator Zeldin Over Trump Budget Cuts

“States really can’t afford this.” Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s Remarks Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today criticized the Trump administration’s proposed... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester Joins Gallego, Alsobrooks, and Colleagues in Pressing Fed Nominee Kevin Warsh on Contradictory Testimony

Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) called on Federal Reserve (Fed)... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Releases Statement on Supreme Court Decision Gutting Voting Rights 

U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released a statement in response to the Supreme Court striking down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana, further weakening the Voting Rights Act.     “I’ve said it before:... Continue Reading

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WATCH: Ahead of SCOTUS Arguments, Blunt Rochester, Pressley, Markey, Wasserman Schultz, Advocates Demand Court Defend Temporary Protected Status

Today, Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), as well as Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (Mass-07) and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.-25), alongside a coalition of seniors, care workers, advocates, and... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Cantwell, Baldwin, & Wyden Tell DHS Secretary: No Promotion for Coast Guard Officer Who Committed Whistleblower Retaliation 

“We urge you to chart a different course than your predecessor at DHS when it comes to protecting whistleblowers and upholding the law.” U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ranking... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons join colleagues in introducing bill to kill Trump’s Executive Order restricting vote-by-mail 

Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined 38 of their colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act) to block President Trump’s... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Blasts Secretary Kennedy on Measles Outbreak, Loss of Public Trust

“You’ve talked a lot about trust. The people don’t trust you.” Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s Remarks Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health,... Continue Reading

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WATCH: Senator Blunt Rochester on CNN: “This administration has a pattern of stripping independence” 

Click here to watch the Senator’s interview U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today joined CNN News Central to discuss the nomination hearing for Trump’s Federal Reserve Chair nominee Kevin Warsh. Senator Blunt Rochester reaffirmed her... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Pushes Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh on Independence of Fed

“Wall Street is going to be okay, but who we’re concerned about as well is Main Street.” CLICK HERE to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s full exchange. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.),... Continue Reading

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NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Joint Resolution of Disapproval Vote

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), today released a statement ahead of the Senate’s vote on three Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD), introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),... Continue Reading