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 theROAD to Housing Actand theStreamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act. Blunt Rochester authored three bills that passed as part of theROAD to Housing Act, as well as theStreamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act.
“I’m proud that the Senate has passed myStreamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Actand three of my bills in theROAD to Housing Act, bringing these measures one step closer to becoming law,”said Senator Blunt Rochester.“I am so humbled to have secured Floor passage in my first year as Senator, however this victory is a direct result of hearing from Delawareans who have shared their concerns with me and my office. From addressing the crisis of housing affordability to ensuring greater efficiency in our manufacturing sector, this will benefit many families in Delaware and across the nation. I’m grateful to my fellow Senators for their support, and I will keep working with our colleagues in the House to get these pieces of legislation over the finish line.”
TheROAD to Housing Actis a landmark, bipartisan housing package that would spur the development of housing across the nation and bring down costs. It includes three bills authored by Blunt Rochester: theHousing Supply Frameworks Act, theAccelerating Home Building Act, and theCommunity Investment and Prosperity Act. It was unanimously advanced by the Banking Committee in July. Additionally, in September, Blunt Rochester unveiled herlegislative agendato combat the housing crisis, “The New Way Home Agenda: A Federal Framework to Address America’s Housing Crisis.”
The bipartisanStreamlining American Manufacturing Strategy Act, authored by Blunt Rochester, would amend theNational Institute of Standards and Technology Actto align the timelines for multiple advanced manufacturing initiatives to every four years on the same cycle. It was advanced by the Commerce Committee in July.
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Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester represents Delaware in the United States Senate where she serves on the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.