Senator Blunt Rochester Offers Amendments to Republican Bill to Protect Medicaid and Lower Costs for Families
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) offered several amendments to Republicans’ partisan budget reconciliation package to protect American families. Her amendments would have defended Medicaid from historic billion-dollar cuts, prevented the senseless termination of employees who work to lower health care costs and prohibited extreme tariffs and trade practices that exacerbate the housing […]
Senators Blunt Rochester and Coons demand Trump rescind illegal executive order threatening federal employee collective bargaining agreements
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreements between public employee unions and dozens of federal agencies and bureaus. In their letter, Senator Coons, Senator Blunt Rochester, and their colleagues blasted […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Floor Remarks on Amendment to Lower Housing Costs
To watch the video, click here. Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) spoke on the House Floor today during a debate of Senate Republicans’ partisan budget bill. There, she discussed her amendment to combat the President’s extreme tariffs that will exacerbate the housing crisis. Below are her remarks as prepared. Yesterday, when the Budget Resolution came to […]
Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Demand Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care Employees
Senators to Secretary Kennedy: “The termination of staff is alarming and will compound the challenges already facing these programs and services…with no clear planning nor considerations for how early childhood services will be impacted” Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Tariff Resolution
Washington, DC – Last night, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement: “I voted in favor of reversing President Trump’s unnecessary national emergency on Canadian imports. The President is doing everything he possibly can to justify extreme tariffs on our biggest trading partners and raise prices for American families. Let’s be clear: tariffs are taxes […]
Blunt Rochester Leads 22 Colleagues in Letter to Secretary McMahon Highlighting Impact of Shuttering the Department of Education on Students with Disabilities
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led 22 of her colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. In their letter, the Senators highlighted the disastrous harm that shutteringthe Department of Education will have on millions of students with […]
Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Blast Republican Budget Gimmicks to Pass Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Worsen the National Debt, and Leave Behind Working Families
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Andy Kim (D-N.J), and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) issued the following statement on Senate Republicans’ upcoming reconciliation budget bill: “This week, Senate Republicans are charging ahead with their plans to pass Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts for billionaires. If they are successful, Republicans will […]
Blunt Rochester Leads Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Sweeping Changes at FHFA
Washington, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, led seven of her colleagues, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, in sending a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency […]
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Calls on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to Resign
Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: “In January, after thorough evaluation, I concluded that Pete Hegseth was wholly unqualified to serve as Secretary of Defense, which is why I voted against his confirmation on the floor. The full set of Signal messages […]
Blunt Rochester, Grassley, Luján, Marshall Pass Bipartisan Blood Clot Awareness Resolution
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) introduced and passed a bipartisan resolution recognizing Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month. Every year, as many as 900,000 individuals in the United States are affected by deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms, conditions caused by blood clots. Every six minutes, […]