WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), issued the following statement after voting against the House Republican immigration measure. "The bill voted on today in the House isn't just cruel - it's unserious, unproductive, and unworkable. "The Republican proposal doubles down on measures that are expensive and ineffective, effectively bans lawful asylum claims, and enables the cruel a  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), with Reps. Nanette Barragan (D-Calif.) and Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), introduced H.R. 3080, the Health Center Service Expansion and Provider Shortage Reduction Act to increase access to mental and behavioral health services provided through health centers, expand weekend and evening hours, create new service sites, and invest in strengthening the primary care workforce   more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 11 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today celebrated nearly $2.4 million in State and National funding including grants and education awards from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. These grants will support 230 AmeriCorps members in Wilmington across three programs: RAI Reading Intervent  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Co-Chair of the Senate ALS Caucus, and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate ALS Caucus, reintroduced the Justice for ALS Veterans Act alongside Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). This bipartisan measure would guarantee that surviving spouses of veterans receive all benefits due to them. This bill was previously introduced in Ja  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), with Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), introduced the Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act, a bipartisan bill that creates a 5-year grant program at the Department of Labor to support community colleges and career and technical education centers in developing education and training programs for workforce development utilizing immersive technol  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023, with Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, chair of the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety: * * * U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety, today re  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today held a hearing to consider the nomination of Jeffery Baran to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "Today, we've c  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the Coastal Fellowships Act today to codify and improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowships. The legislation supports two essential programs that boost critical workforce capacity for coas  more