WILMINGTON, Delaware, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: Today, Governor John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced a $50 million Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Diamond State Port Corporation for the Port of Wilmington's Edgemoor terminal expansion. The PIDP is a discretionary grant pr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chris Coons (D-Delaware) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas) today introduced legislation to combat the ever-growing global food security crisis. The current band-aid approach to food security challenges is both insufficient and unsustainable. The Foundation for International Food Security Act would be a new model to tackle this growing global challenge by l  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-New York, issued the following news release: Hancock, NY - U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro (NY-19) today announced his constituent service team will hold mobile office hours from 11:00am to 1:00pm on Wednesday, November 8 at the Norwich City Hall and from noon to 2:00pm on Wednesday, November 8 at the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room. During these events, constituents will be able to connect with representatives from Rep. Molinaro's office to  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-New York, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY-19) last week led a bipartisan effort with U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) to defeat a Republican amendment to defund the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). Since its creation in 1961, the Delaware River Basin Commission has helped clean up and manage what was once one of the most polluted rivers in the country. The Delaware River currently sup  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a hearing on extreme event attribution, which studies the influence of human-caused climate change on weather-related disasters, and the impacts of extreme weather on U.S. communities. HIGHLIGHTS: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined eight of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, as well as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, expressing support for increased fun  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today applauded the award of $999,831 in grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the University of Delaware (UD) for research to quantify and mitigate emissions from municipal solid waste landfills. "Landfills a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: On November 1, 2023, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee hled a hearing on extreme event attribution, a field of science studying the influence of human-caused climate change on individual extreme weather events, and the impacts of those events on U.S. communities. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.),  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing to highlight the importance of commonsense energy and environmental policies for America's future. Ranking Member Capito also entered into the official record a letter  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Yesterday, at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing "Threats to the Homeland," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the Committee, posed questions to senior officials in the Administration. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher Wray, and Dir  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Today, at a Senate Finance Committee nominations hearing, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the committee, highlighted Governor Martin O'Malley's credentials to serve as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). He also called attention to the need for strong leadership within the agency to continue modernizing service delivery and providing critical benefi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: Today, at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the Committee, introduced and highlighted the achievements of Jeff Rezmovic, nominee to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Senator Carper also emphasized the qualifications of Harry Coker, Jr. to serve as Natio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or the image above to watch Ranking Member Capito's questions. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, participated in a full committee hearing to highlight the importance of commonsense energy and environmental policies for America's future. Ranking Member Capito also entered i  more