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Lisa Blunt Rochester

Lisa Blunt Rochester

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294 press releases archived from Lisa Blunt Rochester's official website. Data collected from www.bluntrochester.senate.gov.

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Apr 15, 2025April 15, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsPHOTO RELEASE: Blunt Rochester Shines a Light on the Local Impact of Trump Administration CutsApril 15, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 15, 2025April 15, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Tillis, Merkley, and Cramer Introduce the Bipartisan National Nursing Workforce Center ActApril 15, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 14, 2025April 14, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsPHOTO RELEASE: In Dover and Wilmington, Senator Blunt Rochester Emphasizes the Need for Investments in our Future GenerationsApril 14, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 11, 2025April 11, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester Hosts Nursing Workforce Roundtable, Shines a Light on the Need to Strengthen the Backbone of our Health Care SystemApril 11, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 10, 2025April 10, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Chairs Commerce Committee Hearing on Daylight Savings TimeApril 10, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 10, 2025April 10, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Fetterman, Crapo, and Tillis Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Housing Supply Frameworks ActApril 10, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 8, 2025April 8, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Hirono, Norcross Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Rights of Public Sector Workers to Join Unions, Bargain CollectivelyApril 8, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S....Continue Reading
Apr 8, 2025April 8, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Coons Join in Introducing Bill to Fully Fund Special EducationApril 8, 2025 WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined in introducing the IDEA Full Funding Act, legislation to ensure Congress finally fulfills its commitment to fully fund...Continue Reading
Apr 8, 2025April 8, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Coons colleagues demand answers from the Trump administration regarding decision to cancel funding for Manufacturing Extension Partnership programsMEPs share technology and research from federal research labs and universities with small businesses. Delaware MEP has helped create or retain 423 jobs within the past year. April 8, 2025 WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators...Continue Reading
Apr 7, 2025April 7, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Banking Democrats Call on Chairman Scott to Hold Hearing on Trump’s Disastrous Use of Emergency Powers to Impose Tariffs and Cause Chaos for American FamiliesApril 7, 2025 Senate Banking Committee Dems: “We urge you to hold a hearing so the American people can understand the President’s plan and how it will affect their economic futures.”...Continue Reading
Apr 5, 2025April 5, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on the Republican Budget ResolutionApril 5, 2025 Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement after voting against the latest Republican budget resolution:  “In the middle of the night, Republicans...Continue Reading
Apr 5, 2025April 4, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Statement on Joint Resolutions of DisapprovalApril 4, 2025 Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement on S.J.Res.26 and S.J.Res 33:  “I have long called for a lasting ceasefire in Israel...Continue Reading
Apr 5, 2025April 4, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Offers Amendments to Republican Bill to Protect Medicaid and Lower Costs for FamiliesApril 4, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 4, 2025April 4, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester and Coons demand Trump rescind illegal executive order threatening federal employee collective bargaining agreementsApril 4, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 4, 2025April 4, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Floor Remarks on Amendment to Lower Housing CostsApril 4, 2025 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....Continue Reading
Apr 3, 2025April 3, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Demand Reversal of Mass Firings of Head Start, Office of Child Care EmployeesSenators 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...Continue Reading
Apr 3, 2025April 3, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Tariff ResolutionApril 3, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 2, 2025April 2, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester Leads 22 Colleagues in Letter to Secretary McMahon Highlighting Impact of Shuttering the Department of Education on Students with DisabilitiesApril 2, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 2, 2025April 2, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Blast Republican Budget Gimmicks to Pass Tax Cuts for Billionaires, Worsen the National Debt, and Leave Behind Working FamiliesApril 2, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Apr 1, 2025April 1, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester Leads Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Sweeping Changes at FHFAApril 1, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Mar 28, 2025March 28, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Calls on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to ResignMarch 28, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Mar 27, 2025March 27, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Grassley, Luján, Marshall Pass Bipartisan Blood Clot Awareness ResolutionMarch 27, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Mar 26, 2025March 26, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsICYMI: Blunt Rochester, Whitehouse Lead EPW Democrats in Demanding EPA Reverse Unlawful Termination of Grants for Clean Air and WaterNew documents reveal 400 grantees are being illegally targeted for termination and expose EPA’s willful violation of congressional appropriations law, contractual agreements, and multiple court orders March 26, 2025 Washington,...Continue Reading
Mar 26, 2025March 26, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Cantwell Demand Commerce Secretary Lutnick Protect Minority Business Development Agency from Trump’s OverreachTrump’s March 14 EO guts the agency which has helped boost minority entrepreneurship, ignite economic opportunity & create jobs in rural, suburban & urban communities across the country Senators to...Continue Reading
Mar 21, 2025March 21, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsPHOTO RELEASE: Senator Blunt Rochester Spends Day in Wilmington Highlighting Efforts to Educate Delaware ChildrenMarch 21, 2025 Wilmington, Del. –Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) spent the day in Wilmington, where she visited the Latin American Community Center (LACC) as well as EastSide Charter School...Continue Reading