← Back to directory
Lisa Blunt Rochester

Lisa Blunt Rochester

DemocratDEOfficial site

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

294releases
DateTitle
Mar 21, 2025March 21, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Slams Trump Executive Order Dismantling the Department of EducationMarch 21, 2025 Wilmington, Del. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement slamming the President’s executive order to abolish the Department of Education and leave tens of...Continue Reading
Mar 19, 2025March 19, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsPHOTO RELEASE: Senator Blunt Rochester Highlights the Impact of the Trump Administration’s Harmful and Reckless Policies on Dover CommunitiesMarch 19, 2025 Dover, Del. –Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) spent the day in Dover, where she visited Delaware State University, Modern Maturity Center, local small businesses, and the...Continue Reading
Mar 17, 2025March 17, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Delaware’s Federal Delegation Stands United to Save MedicaidBlunt Rochester, Coons, McBride, patients, providers, and hospital administrators Denounce Cuts to Vital Health Care Program March 17, 2025 Wilmington, Del. — Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons,...Continue Reading
Mar 15, 2025March 14, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Voting Against Republicans’ “Dirty CR Deal”March 14, 2025 Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement today after voting “no” on the Republicans’ yearlong continuing resolution:  “I voted no on the partisan...Continue Reading
Mar 15, 2025March 14, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Statement on HALT Fentanyl Act VoteMarch 14, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement:  “As someone, like many in Delaware, who has seen the painful impacts of addiction in my...Continue Reading
Mar 10, 2025March 10, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Calls for Answers on Recent Postponement of Vaccine Committee MeetingMarch 10, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led her colleagues in urging the Department of...Continue Reading
Mar 6, 2025March 6, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester Joins Bipartisan Colleagues to Introduce Legislation to Protect the Rights of American WorkersMarch 6, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking...Continue Reading
Mar 5, 2025March 5, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsSTATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Statement on President Trump’s Joint Address to CongressMarch 5, 2025 Washington, DC – Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress.  “In a matter of weeks,...Continue Reading
Mar 4, 2025March 4, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Delaware’s Federal Delegation Announces Guests to President Trump’s Address to Joint Sessions of CongressMarch 4, 2025 Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (all D-Del.) announced their guests to President Trump’s scheduled address to a joint...Continue Reading
Mar 3, 2025March 3, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Hagerty Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Modernize Credit Union BoardsMarch 3, 2025 Washington, D.C. – United States Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), both members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, have reintroduced the Credit Union...Continue Reading
Mar 3, 2025March 3, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration to Reopen EPA Environmental Justice Office That Helped Most Disadvantaged Communities Solve Environmental and Public Health ChallengesMarch 3, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.)—founding co-chairs of the Senate’s first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus—urged EPA Administrator...Continue Reading
Feb 28, 2025February 28, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Senator Alsobrooks on PBS NewsHour for First Joint TV InterviewFebruary 28, 2025 To watch the full interview, click here. Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) for their first joint TV...Continue Reading
Feb 25, 2025February 25, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Senate Democrats Examine the Impacts of the Trump-Musk Attack on the CFPBFebruary 25, 2025 To watch the full exchange, click here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs participated in...Continue Reading
Feb 25, 2025February 25, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsICYMI: Blunt Rochester Delivers Keynote Celebrating 60 Years of TRIO Programs, Provides Empowering Message for StudentsFebruary 25, 2025 Dover, Del. – In case you missed it, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) delivered the keynote address at Delaware Technical Community College’s National TRIO Day Celebration on Saturday, February 22...Continue Reading
Feb 21, 2025February 21, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Offers Amendment to Protect Federal Health Care WorkersFebruary 21, 2025 To see her full remarks introducing the amendment, watch here. Washington, DC – Last night, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) offered an amendment to Senate Republicans’ Budget Resolution that would address...Continue Reading
Feb 20, 2025February 20, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Senators Demand VA Secretary Collins Put Veterans First, Reverse Mass Terminations of VA Employees“The list of real-life negative impacts of this Administration’s directives is expansive and growing every day.” February 20, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined a group...Continue Reading
Feb 19, 2025February 19, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Chavez-DeRemer on Commitments to America’s WorkforceFebruary 19, 2025 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 Secretary...Continue Reading
Feb 14, 2025February 14, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Statement on Illegal Cuts to NIH, Threatening Lifesaving Research at UniversitiesFebruary 14, 2025 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)...Continue Reading
Feb 13, 2025February 13, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Secretary of Education Nominee Linda McMahon During Confirmation HearingFebruary 13, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Feb 13, 2025February 13, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Opposes Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as HHS SecretaryFebruary 13, 2025   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...Continue Reading
Feb 12, 2025February 12, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Trump Administration Illegally Pulling EV Infrastructure FundingBy 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...Continue Reading
Feb 11, 2025February 11, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Questions Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the Impacts of the Economy on Hardworking FamiliesFebruary 11, 2025 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,...Continue Reading
Feb 11, 2025February 11, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Blunt Rochester, Coons, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help More Americans Access High-Quality Job Training, Get Good-Paying JobsFebruary 11, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and...Continue Reading
Feb 6, 2025February 6, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: EPW Committee Unanimously Passes Brownfields, Recycling LegislationFebruary 6, 2025 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...Continue Reading
Feb 6, 2025February 6, 2025Press ReleaseLBR Press ClipsNEWS: Commerce Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions, Protect American Producers & PocketbooksU.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 February 6, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science...Continue Reading