WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 7 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) hosted a tax filing information session with special guests from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Delaware Taxpayer Advocate, Nehemiah Gateway CDC, and the House Committee on Ways and Means. Blunt Rochester collected questions from Delawareans about their concerns including electric vehicle tax credits, filing while collecting Social Security,  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 7 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.), today reintroduced bicameral legislation to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act (DRBCA). Carper and Blunt Rochester, an original co-lead and sponsor of the legislation in the House of Representatives, made the announcemen  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today announced that $25 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for renourishment projects for Delaware's bay beaches. "I've long worked to provide Delaware with the resources needed to restore and maintain our bay beaches," said Sen. Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Environment a  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced $51,681,000 for critical water infrastructure projects in Delaware as a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) work plan for Fiscal Year 2023. Authorization for this Corps' funding came from several different Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA). "Investing in Delaware's water resources  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement on President Biden's fiscal year 2024 budget proposal: "In the two years since President Biden took office, our country has made historic economic progress, with 12 million jobs created and an unemployment rate at its lowest level in 50 years. The deficit h  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) today introduced the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act to combat the unethical and criminal practice of harvesting organs, often from minority groups and other vulnerable victims in China and elsewhere. The legislation authorizes the Secretary of State to deny passports and visas to anyone involved in illegal organ traffick  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), together with Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA) and a bipartisan group of Members, introduced the Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act. The legislation reauthorizes funding for conservation efforts, and allows federal, state, and local governments to collaborate on restoration projects. Since being signed in 2016, the legislatio  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: * * * "President Biden has often said, 'Don't tell me your priorities - show me your budget, and I'll tell you your priorities.' Well today, the President's priorities were abundantly clear - investing in American jobs and manufacturing, fighting the climate crisis, protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and doing it all while paying down the deficit," said Rep. Blunt  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.), today reintroduced bicameral legislation to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act (DRBCA). Carper and Blunt Rochester, an original co-lead and sponsor of the legislation in   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to address the environmental and public health threats from the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for deliv  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today announced that $25 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for renourishment projects for Delaware's bay beaches. "I've long worked to provide Delaware with the resources needed to restore and maintain our bay beaches,  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Daniel "Danny" Werfel as Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. President Biden nominated Werfel in November 2022 and Werfel's nomination passed through the Senate Finance Committee with overwhelming bipartisan support. "T  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), today issued the following statement after a vote on the Senate Floor on a resolution of disapproval related to Washington D.C.'s revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. "There are nearly 700,000 Americans who call the District of Columbia home and they do not have a voting re  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined House and Senate Democrats in introducing the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act is comprehensive legislation that will strengthen protections for workers' right to organize a union and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. As wage inequality continues to leave workers and middle-class fam  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in reintroducing the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), legislation guaranteeing equal access to abortion nationwide. The bill's introduction follows the Supreme Court's misguided decision in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which repealed Roe v. Wade. This decisi  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Susan Collins (RMaine) introduced legislation to help Americans better plan for retirement by ensuring they have the information they need to make informed decisions regarding when to claim Social Security benefits. This legislation would change the terminology used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to better ref  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and U.S. Representatives Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and French Hill (R-Ark.), introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation this week that would establish March 9 as an annual National Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day. The commemoration of a national day will call increased at  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced $51,681,000 for critical water infrastructure projects in Delaware as a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) work plan for Fiscal Year 2023. Authorization for this Corps' funding came from several different Water Resources Develo  more