Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Illegal Cuts to NIH, Threatening Lifesaving Research at Universities
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) would immediately cap its indirect cost rate at 15%, cutting off lifesaving research at universities. The action contradicts already established law that prohibits modifications to NIH’s indirect costs. Senator Blunt […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Secretary of Education Nominee Linda McMahon During Confirmation Hearing
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 McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Education. The Senator pressed McMahon on her views on ensuring that all students receive a high-quality education, […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Opposes Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as HHS Secretary
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 Pensions, voted against the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Yesterday, Blunt Rochester spoke on the floor in opposition to […]
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 people Washington, D.C.—Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the Impacts of the Economy on Hardworking Families
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, questioned Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell about the impacts of the economy on hardworking Americans and their families. Senator Blunt Rochester: “Thank you, Chair and Ranking […]
Coons, Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help More Americans Access High-Quality Job Training, Get Good-Paying Jobs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) to introduce the Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act, bipartisan legislation to help more Americans get good-paying jobs by allowing students to use federal Pell Grants—need-based […]
EPW Committee Unanimously Passes Brownfields, Recycling Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee unanimously passed the Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025, legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields program, and the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act, legislation to improve our nation’s recycling and composting systems. The Brownfields Reauthorization Act of 2025 wasintroduced by U.S. […]
Commerce Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions, Protect American Producers & Pocketbooks
U.S. manufacturing sector contributes $2.65 trillion to the U.S. economy, employs nearly 13 million American workers & accounts for 10.3% of nation’s GDP WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee passed the bipartisan Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act, led by Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Senator Maria […]
Blunt Rochester Joins 37 Senators in Raising Alarm Over Trump Administration Chaos at Critical National Security Agencies
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, joined 37 of her colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing their deep concern regarding the growing chaos and dysfunction at the U.S. Department of State and the Trump Administration’s illegal attempt to destroy the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID […]
Senator Blunt Rochester Intends to Oppose All Future Cabinet Nominees
Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement: “Delawareans know that I have a track record of working across the aisle. I was one of the most bipartisan members in the House, and I intend to maintain that posture in the Senate. Over the past month, I have endeavored to fairly […]