WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Northeast Regional Director Wendi Weber announced the naming of the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center after U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and a long-time advocate for Delaware's National Wildlife Refuges. In October 2023, the Fish and Wildlife Service completed construction of the   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: On the heels of Memorial Day, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) sent a letter to the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure urging the committee to approve the resolution granting the medical leases for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers in Sussex County, Delaware and Southern New Jersey as called for in President Biden's budget f  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, published an op-ed in The Hill recognizing the importance of the strategic relationship between the United States and Kenya following Kenyan President William Ruto's state visit last week - marking the first such trip by an African leader in more than 15 years. Senator Coons talked about ways   more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: This weekend, President Biden signed the bipartisan Recruit and Retain Act, introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), into law. This bipartisan legislation will address staffing shortages nationwide by enhancing law enforcement departments' access to hiring tools. Senator Coons is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucu  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 1 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) hosted Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), for a fireside chat at the Wilmington Senior Center. Since the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022, its historic provisions have helped lower health care and prescription drug costs for seniors i  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release statement on May 30, 2024: * * * Today, Senator Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decision to invite all 50 states to partner in a permanent expansion of Direct File, a program that allows low- and moderate-income Americans to file returns digitally and free of charge. "Today's announcement from the IRS to permanently expand the Direct File program is a   more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records in order to keep an alleged affair hidden from voters during the 2016 election: "This verdict reaffirms the basic principle that no one is above the law, not even a former presid  more