WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) today applauded Senate passage of this year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)--legislation that supports nearly $858 billion for our nation's armed services and national defense in Fiscal Year 2023. The package includes several critical pieces of legislation that Carper helped to secure, and also includes funding to support a 4.6 percent pay raise  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to boost environmental workforce training in Delaware. The grant will help recruit, train, and place workers from primarily underserved and disadvantaged communities for revitalization and cleanup projects at brownfie  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- 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, Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) secured passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 20  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 15, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on the conclusion by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) that a December 2021 memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) entitled "Policy on Using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Res  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Chris Coons, along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today celebrated Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA 2022) as part of legislation supporting our nation's defense programs. T  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2022: Last week, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I), sec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on Nov. 30, 2022, entitled "Opportunities and Challenges for Trade Policy in the Digital Economy": * * * It's my pleasure to call this hearing before the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness to order. Thank you to our witnesses for joini  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Dec. 15, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement today as the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit closes. "The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit strengthens U.S. engagement with nations across Africa. I am thrilled that the Biden administration resumed this important summit and recommitted to deepening relationships between the United States and African countries across a r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Co-Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus, and Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter to AmeriCorps today encouraging the creation of an alumni engagement office within the agency. The office would help the agency and its partners find new ways to support current participants, enco  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.); Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex and the President of African Parks; and Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, published an op-ed today in the Huffington Post that calls for conservation investments in Africa that are managed locally, prioritize human development, and bridge the public and private sectors. The three met earlie  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Dec. 13, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) released the following statement today after Tamika Montgomery-Reeves was confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 53-35: "We are glad that a strong bipartisan majority of Senators voted to confirm Justice Tamika Montgomery-Reeves to the federal bench. Her outstanding legal   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Dec. 12, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) released the following statement today after Tamika Montgomery-Reeves was confirmed by the Senate as U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 53-35. "We are glad that a strong bipartisan majority of Senators voted to confirm Justice Tamika Montgomery-Reeves to the federal bench. Her outstanding le  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to boost environmental workforce training in Delaware. The grant will help recruit, train, and place workers from primarily underserved and disadvantaged com  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Representatives Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and French Hill (R-Ark.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would establish March 9 as an annual National Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day. The commemoration of a national day will call increased attention to Americans unjustly held abroad and increase the urgen  more