NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Introduces Bill to Reimburse States for Funding SNAP During the Republican Shutdown
October 30, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today introduced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits and Compensation for Keep-Up (SNAP BACK) Act. The bill would retroactively reimburse states that use state funding to administer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits during the […]
NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Leads Commerce Subcommittee Democrats, Examines Need to Revitalize our Commercial Shipbuilding Industry
October 28, 2025 The Senator’s opening remarks can be found here. Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, today led a hearing titled, “Sea Change: Reviving Commercial Shipbuilding.” Members of the subcommittee heard from industry leaders on the need for a revitalization […]
NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons, colleagues advocate for passage of a bill to pay military personnel and all federal employees during government shutdown
October 27, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), Ranking Member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), along with dozens of their Senate colleagues, introduced legislation to pay military personnel, federal employees, and federal contractors whose salaries have been interrupted by the ongoing government shutdown. […]
NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons, colleagues introduce legislation to pay all federal employees, servicemembers, contractors during shutdown
October 23, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) led over 20 of their colleagues in introducing legislation to pay all federal employees – both those excepted and furloughed – as well as our servicemembers and federal contractors during the current Republican-led shutdown. The senators’ legislation, the True […]
NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons, Booker, colleagues urge Trump USDA to immediately release November SNAP benefits
October 23, 2025 Washington, DC — U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and 43 of their Democratic colleagues sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins calling on the USDA to release the billions of dollars at its disposal to ensure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits continue in November. […]
STATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Releases Statement on S.3012
October 23, 2025 Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released a statement following her vote on S.3012. “The legislation that Republicans put forth today would give the White House free reign to pay who they want to pay while leaving others behind. This administration has consistently used federal employees as political pawns, and […]
Senator Blunt Rochester on CNN: “We want to open the government, and we want to restore people’s health care.”
October 23, 2025 Click here to watch the full interview. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today joined CNN News Central to outline the consequences of the government shutdown and health care crisis Republicans are inching us closer to. Without further action by Congress, the average American may see their premiums more than double when open enrollment begins on November 1. […]
ICYMI: Senate Passes Housing, Supply Chains Legislation Authored by Senator Blunt Rochester
October 22, 2025 Washington, DC – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, celebrated the Senate’s passage of the ROAD to Housing Act and the Streamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act. Blunt Rochester authored three bills that passed as part of […]
WATCH: Senator Blunt Rochester on MSNBC: “Mr. President…do your job, come to the table, and bring Speaker Johnson with you.”
October 20, 2025 Click here to watch the full interview. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) yesterday joined MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss the nationwide No Kings demonstrations and the government shutdown. Below are excerpts of the interview. On the No Kings demonstrations “I attended the first one in June in the northern part of my state, and yesterday, got the […]
STATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Releases Statement on Potential Peace Agreement between Israel and Hamas
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released a statement following reports of a potential peace agreement between Israel and Hamas: “Last night’s announcement of a possible agreement between Israel and Hamas provides hope for an end to the devastating war in the Middle East. I’ve long called for a ceasefire in Gaza that would ensure Israel’s […]