Blunt Rochester, Cantwell, Baldwin Demand Answers on Lutnick’s Failure to Protect Minority Business Development Agency
As Trump tariffs batter U.S. economy, Lutnick RIFs entire agency that helps boost minority entrepreneurship, ignite economic opportunity & create jobs in rural, suburban & urban communities across the country Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the […]
PHOTO RELEASE: Blunt Rochester’s Day in Sussex and Kent Counties
Smyrna, Del. –Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) traveled across Delaware to shine a light on how actions being taken in Washington are impacting her constituents in the First State. Blunt Rochester started the morning by visiting Laurel High School, along with Laurel School District Superintendent Dr. Shawn Larrimore and Laurel High School Principal Patrina […]
Senators Blunt Rochester and Gillibrand Demand Answers from HHS on Mass Firings that Imperil Primary Care and Maternal Health
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Education and the American Family, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), led 9 their colleagues in sending a letter demanding answers from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the abrupt and […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Releases Statement on Continuation of Key Vaccine Advisory Meetings at HHS
Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement reacting to the first publicly held meeting of CDC vaccine advisors under HHS Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. The meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), was initially scheduled for February but was postponed, raising concerns […]
PHOTO RELEASE: Blunt Rochester Shines a Light on the Local Impact of Trump Administration Cuts
Wilmington, Del. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) was in New Castle County shining a light on the impact that the Trump administration’s cuts to essential programs are having in Delaware. From the Food Bank of Delaware to Henrietta Johnson Medical Center, organizations who have served Delawareans for years are finding it harder to do […]
Senators Blunt Rochester, Tillis, Merkley, and Cramer Introduce the Bipartisan National Nursing Workforce Center Act
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the National Nursing Workforce Center Act. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation would help address nursing workforce shortages across our nation by supporting nursing workforce centers in almost every state. As the nation’s largest healthcare profession, nurses play a […]
PHOTO RELEASE: In Dover and Wilmington, Senator Blunt Rochester Emphasizes the Need for Investments in our Future Generations
Dover, Del. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) was in Delaware and stopped by the Innovation Venture Summit at Delaware State University, visited Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus in Dover, and attended the 19th Annual Delaware Healthy Mother & Infant Consortium (DHMIC) Summit. Throughout the day, Blunt Rochester emphasized the need for continued and additional investments in […]
Blunt Rochester Hosts Nursing Workforce Roundtable, Shines a Light on the Need to Strengthen the Backbone of our Health Care System
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a Nursing Workforce Roundtable. Blunt Rochester highlighted the importance of fortifying our nursing workforce. Blunt Rochester heard from Delaware experts, including U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (D-Del) and Delaware State Senator Marie Pinkney, about the health care […]
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Chairs Commerce Committee Hearing on Daylight Savings Time
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in a hearing on Daylight Savings time. The full committee hearing, titled “If I Could Turn Back Time: Should We Lock the Clock?” examined the various issues around whether the country should continue “springing forward” and “falling back” each year […]
Senators Blunt Rochester, Fetterman, Crapo, and Tillis Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act
Washington, DC – Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks Act. This legislation is the first bill led and introduced by Blunt Rochester as a member of the United States Senate. The Housing Supply Frameworks Act (S.1299) will provide resources to help communities rehaul their zoning and […]