WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, senior Democrat of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chairman of the International Trade Subcommittee on Finance, returned from a 6-day bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation visit to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to discuss the root causes of migration and strengthen relationships  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 4 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today celebrated an additional $16 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that will be coming to Delaware to address housing needs. The funds are a portion of over 2,400 grants which are awarded annually to more than 1,200 community programs to assist   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to create a U.S. Foundation for International Conservation today, in commemoration of World Wildlife Day and the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The U.S. Foundation for International Conservation would fund public-private p  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release and letter on Feb. 28, 2023: On the final day of Black History Month, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Congresswoman Elanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) led a group of members in writing a letter to the Biden Administration requisition a Presidential Proclamation establishing the 4th Thursday in March as National Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of black   more

CAMDEN CITY, New Jersey, March 1 -- Rep. Donald W. Norcross, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) today announced $750,000 in new funding that the congressman secured in the FY 2023 omnibus package. The money will be used to stabilize Berth 1 at the Balzano Marine Terminal so the port can meet increasing business activity. "The 'liquid highway' that is the Delaware River is an economic lifeline for South Jersey and the surro  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: On Wednesday March 1, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to consider the nomination of Joseph Goffman to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepar  more

WASHINGTON, March 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 Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, this week filed an amicus brief in the pending case of Texas v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the U.S. District Court of Appeals for t  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) questioned U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about how the U.S. Department of Justice can work with state and local law enforcement agencies to tackle crime in Wilmington and across the First State. At the hearing, Senator Coons thanked Attorney General Garland for hundreds of millions from the Bide  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on March 2, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement today after the United Nations announced it will nominate Cindy McCain, currently the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, as Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP): "There is no one better suited to this role than Cindy, who has worked tirelessly to fight famine and improve  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Recruit and Retain Act to support law enforcement agencies by helping to address workforce challenges and bolster recruitment. Senator Coons is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus. Among its provisions, the Recruit and Re  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced the Charitable Act to expand and extend the expired universal deduction for charitable giving. Under this new bill, Americans who donate to charities, houses of worship, religious organizations, and other nonprofits of their choice would be able to deduct that donation from their federal taxes, even if they don't otherwise itemi  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today reintroduced their bipartisan Hydrogen Infrastructure Initiative, a package of four bills to support the adoption of hydrogen in energy-intensive sectors. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) are also cosponsors. Hydr  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) today introduced the Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act. Their new bill would authorize the administration to negotiate and conclude a trade agreement with the United Kingdom to open export opportunities for businesses of all sizes, increase the resilience of critical supply chains, and advance e  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced the award of $11.3 million by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to upgrade essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure in Delaware. Nearly half of the funding will be available as grants or principal forgiveness loans h  more