WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Yesterday, Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), along with Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), introduced the bipartisan Housing Supply and Affordability Act. The bill would create a new Local Housing Policy Grant (LHPG) program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), issued the following statement after voting to pass the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. "My top priority since coming to Congress has been to improve the lives of Delawareans. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act will substantially benefit families, workers, and small businesses in D  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Jan. 30, 2024: Last week U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) introduced the Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance (BARCODE) Efficiency Act, bipartisan legislation that would greatly improve the processing of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) paper tax returns by implementing commonsense technology. The full text of the bill introduced with Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) ca  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * The Housing Supply and Affordability Act * * * Endorsing Groups: Up for Growth, American Planning Association, BPC Action, Center for Community Progress, Congress for the New Urbanism, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, National Apartment Association, National NeighborWorks Association, Beacon Development Group, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Lawrence Com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a majority of the Senate to confirm Joseph Goffman to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by a vote of 50-49. Prior to Goffman's confirmation, Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: On January 31, 2024, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to explore the challenges and opportunities for mitigating methane emissions from landfills. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "Today, we will be discussing a topic that is a priority  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today issued the following statement on President Biden tapping John Podesta to become senior adviser to the president for international climate policy: "In order to address our global climate crisis, we need smart experts wh  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a hearing on avoiding, detecting, and capturing methane emissions from landfills. HIGHLIGHTS: ON THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM: Chairman Carper: "Over the past couple centuries, methane concentrations in the atmosphere ha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), the last serving Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Senate, joined several of his colleagues to pay his respects to the three fallen U.S. service members who were returned to Dover Air Force Base today and provided the following statement: "Today was a solemn day for America as we brought home U.S. Army reservists Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement after meeting today with Sean Callahan, President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services; Abby Maxman, President and CEO, Oxfam America; and Janti Soeripto, CEO, and Christy Gleason, Vice President, Policy, Advocacy, and Campaigns, Save the Children, to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza: "I had a sobering and infor  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined 23 of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to encourage Israeli officials to take five specific steps to significantly increase urgently needed humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza. "The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is dire and the civilian suffering is at an unacceptable and staggerin  more