WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 9, 2022: Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the House Health Subcommittee, sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget calling on the agency to develop a coordinated national strategy to address the nursing workforce shortage impacting the health care sector. In the letter, Blunt Rochester called on the Biden Administration to outline a coordinated nati  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Delaware Governor John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced that steps are underway for beach nourishment projects in Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, Bethany Beach, South Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Weeks Marine of Cranford, N.J. for $23.8 mil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, today celebrated the inclusion of their bill, the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act, in the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The 62nd annual NDAA supports nearly $858 billion for our nation's armed services and national defense in Fiscal Year 2023. This year's   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass the conferenced version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023. This bipartisan bill honors our values, supports our servicemembers and their families, strengthens our security, and advances our leadership in the world. The bill authorizes discretionary spending for national defense for FY 2023, while making significant quality-  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Biden's desk. The Respect for Marriage Act will officially repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a defunct and discriminatory statute excluding same-sex couples from marriage under federal law. This legislation will also codify new protections ensuring that no married couple can be denied protections and b  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Shailen Bhatt to serve as Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): "As I said when President Biden nominated him in July of this year, Shailen   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would eliminate an exemption on reporting the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Rel  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 6, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement on a memorandum issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to state environmental agencies to limit the discharge of PFAS pollution into our nation's waters: "As a recoveri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act by unanimous consent. The legislation, which prohibits the private ownership of big cats like lions and tigers and outlaws public con  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and six of his colleagues introduced the Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act, legislation that would reauthorize and improve the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program. "I am thankful for the invaluable assistance that Small Business Development Centers have provided to Delaware's more than 88,000 smal  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus; Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.); John Barrasso (R-Wyo.); Ben Cardin (D-Md.); Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.); Cory Booker (D-N.J.); Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.); Jim Risch (R-Idaho); and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) sent a letter to Scott Nathan, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporatio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced bicameral legislation to create a United States Foundation for International Conservation along with the Co-Chairs of the International Conservation Caucus in the House of Representatives - Representatives David Joyce (R-Ohio), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Chris Stewart (R-Utah), and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). The legislation would fun  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), today introduced the SCORE for Small Business Act, legislation that would reauthorize and improve the SCORE program to help with the annual in-person mentoring, online training, and local training workshops SCORE provides to small businesses. Senator Cardin is chairman, and Senator Coons is a member, of the U.S. Senate Committee   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) published an op-ed in The Hill last week that outlines a new bipartisan trade proposal and calls on Congress to pass it before the end of the year. While Congress has taken significant bipartisan strides this Congress, members have been unable to make progress on trade policy. Passing several policies that have histo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) applauded the inclusion of their bipartisan legislation to combat international wildlife trafficking and to strengthen interagency efforts to tackle the issue in this week's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Senators Coons and Portman are members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-chairs of the International Conservation   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I), and Representative Sam Graves (R-Mo.),   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced S.5185, the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act of 2022, legislation that would expand and improve the system of vulnerable coastal areas protected under the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA). Speci  more