WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on June 24, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health which overturned Roe v. Wade. "It's been one year since the Supreme Court overturned fifty years of precedent and struck down Roe v. Wade. Fortunately, in Delaware, a woman's right to choose is protecte  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Today, the White House announced that Jennifer L. Hall, who was recommended by U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) for a judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, will be nominated for the bench. "Jennifer Hall will be an outstanding District Court judge for Delaware," said the Senators. "She has impeccable credentials for this pos  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced the award of $44,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)'s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the grants will support significant trail improvement projects by   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced the award of $8,740,728 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the Delaware Transit Corporation (DART). Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this grant will support DART as it converts its transit fleet to zero-emission bu  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11402) on status of efforts to restore Chesapeake Bay water quality on June 30, 2023, by environmental policy specialist Laura Gatz: Here are excerpts: * * * Status of Efforts to Restore Chesapeake Bay Water Quality For decades, Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions (Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia), multiple federal and local age  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release and letter on June 28, 2023: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today sent separate letters to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland and David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, regarding the whistleblower allegations that suggest the Department of Justice (DOJ) and others slow-walked the Hunter Biden investigation. In the letter to Attorney General G  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release and letter: Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), and Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Meta, regarding recent reporting that Instagram's algorithm promotes and facilitates sexual interest in and activity with children, including the production and sharing of Child  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo pushing the IRS to simplify the tax filing process and make the new IRS free file tool available to as many taxpayers as feasible in 2024. The full text of the letter can be found by clicking here (chrome-extension://ef  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 30 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on June 29, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court's decision to bar affirmative action in college admissions. "The Supreme Court's decision is profoundly damaging and continues to demonstrate that it is out-of-step with the American public and is operating well outside of the judicial mainstream. The Court's dec  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 27 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Governor John Carney and Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long on Monday announced $107 million in federal funding to reach our goal of connecting every Delaware home and business to high-speed internet. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) is a federal grant program that aims to get all Americans online by supporting partne  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe, and EPA Region III Administrator Adam Ortiz today announced $595,000 in grant funding for clean water projects in Delaware. The funding will help protect the First State's beaches, wetlands, and waterways. "It's wonderful to  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced the award of $8,740,728 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to the Delaware Transit Corporation (DART). Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this grant will support DART  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced the award of $44,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)'s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the grants wi  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: United States Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), alongside Representatives Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.), led a coalition of 99 Democratic lawmakers in sending a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel and Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, applauding the IRS' announcement of a pilot of a   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced legislation to ensure that American small businesses have continuous access to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) 504 loan program, which provides low-cost, fixed-rate, long-term loans for small businesses. The 504 Loan Availability Act will prevent the 504 loan program from becoming temporarily unavailable near the end of  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced the Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification (HPAI) Act alongside 11 of their Senate colleagues. This bipartisan bill would expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) compensation program to all poultry growers and layer operations within a highly pathogenic avian influ  more