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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Delaware Newsletter for Sunday September 17, 2023 ( 12 items )  

Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester announce $5 million federal grant to protect Wilmington families from lead
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced a $5 million grant to the Wilmington Housing Authority in New Castle County from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s Capital Fund Lead-Based Paint Program. The Capital Fund Lead-Based Paint Program is a competitive grant program that provides funding to identify and eliminate  more

ICYMI: Senator Coons talks about leading Chicken Caucus, importance of protecting poultry growers on Odd Lots podcast
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined the Odd Lots podcast on Bloomberg today to highlight his leadership of the bipartisan Senate Chicken Caucus as well as the Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification (HPAI) Act, his bipartisan bill to expand the safety net and compensation program to all poultry growers and layer operations within a highly pathogenic avian influenza c  more

Rep. Molinaro Announces Federal Funding to Address EMS Personnel Shortage in Delaware County
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-New York, issued the following news release: Margaretville, NY - U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro (NY-19) today announced $180,000 is being delivered to Margaretville Memorial Hospital to address the shortage of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in Delaware County. The funding is available through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which Rep. Molinaro is working to robustly fund in Fiscal Year 2024. With this funding, Margaretville  more

Senate Environment Committee Chair Carper, Sen. Coons, Rep. Blunt Rochester Announce More Than $500,000 for Delaware Recycling Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced an award of $531,690 from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant program to Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). Funded by the Bip  more

Senate Environment Committee Chairman Carper Highlights Worsening Threat of Extreme Heat, Opportunities to Improve Infrastructure Resilience
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a hearing to examine the effects of extreme heat and weather on transportation users, assets, and workers as well as ways to make transportation infrastructure more resilient to climate change. HIGHLIGHTS: ON THE WO  more

Senate Environment Committee Chairman Carper Issues Opening Statement: Hearing on Impacts of Extreme Heat on Transportation Sector
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to examine the effects of extreme heat and weather on transportation users, assets, and workers as well as ways to improve transportation infrastructure resiliency. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-De  more

Senator Carper Calls Attention to the Role of the Federal Government in Shaping Emerging Artificial Intelligence Technologies
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Today at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing "Governing AI Through Acquisition and Procurement," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), a senior member of the committee, highlighted the role of the federal government in using and shaping emerging AI technologies, and how the adoption of these tools will impact the federal workforce. This hearing comes after Senator  more

Senator Coons, colleagues introduce bill to create African Diaspora Heritage Month
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced a bill authorizing the formal designation of an African Diaspora Heritage Month recognizing and reaffirming the significant contributions of the African diaspora to the growth and prosperity of the United States. African diaspora communities typically celebrate the month in September. "Delaware and our nation are thankful for the indelible con  more

Senator Coons, colleagues introduce bipartisan legislation to ban use of materially deceptive AI-generated content in elections
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) yesterday introduced the Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, which would ban the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate deceptive content falsely depicting federal candidates in political ads with the intent of influencing federal elections.  "American democracy faces novel thr  more

Senators Coons, Cassidy introduce resolution to recognize 9/11 as a national day of service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Co-Chairs of the National Service Congressional Caucus, introduced a resolution today recognizing September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance and encouraging the American public to volunteer in a charitable service of their choosing on or around the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Congress first established September 11  more

Senators Coons, Tillis statement on anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) issued the following statement on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death: "Tomorrow marks one year since the killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran's 'morality police' for purportedly wearing a hijab improperly. Mahsa's brutal and unjust killing sparked the largest wave of protests in Iran in years, in which tens of thousands of brave Iranians calle  more

Senators Coons, Young introduce JUDGES Act to expand federal judiciary capacity
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to address the emergency judicial shortages occurring in district courts across America. The Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act would address these judicial shortages by increasing the number of federal district judges in   more