NEWARK, Delaware, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) hosted a roundtable with a broad group of gun violence prevention and mental health advocates as well as local officials to highlight how funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is at work in Delaware to improve community safety, invest in mental health care, and increase school safety. The conversation took place at  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) celebrated the announcement of $1.3 million for nine Delaware projects that will lower energy costs for rural small businesses as part of the Rural Energy for America Program and the Inflation Reduction Act. "The Inflation Reduction Act is making a real difference in the lives of Delawareans and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today joined members of Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, Inc. (BCCS) to celebrate $757,000 in congressional funding to support BCCS' Continuous Community-Care Mobile Treatment (CCMT) service. The CCMT is a mobile health care unit created to address historical inequities and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: On September 7, 2023, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held an oversight hearing on the implementation of the drinking water investments and authorizations in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "In March, our committee held its first   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led 29 other senators, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging EPA to finalize strong and broadly applicable fossil fuel-f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "Implementing IIJA: Perspectives on the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, Part II." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank you, Chairman Carper, and it's great to be bac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2023, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. Nominees * Jerry Edwards, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana * Margaret M. Garnett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York * Jennifer L. Hall, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware * Brandon S.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 10 a.m. on Sept. 7, 2023, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: I. Nominees * Jerry Edwards, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana * Margaret M. Garnett, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York * Jennifer L. Hall, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware * Brandon S. Long, to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: At the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's (HSGAC) Government Operations and Border Management Subcommittee hearing "After Apprehension: Tracing DHS's Responsibilities after Title 42," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), a senior member of the committee, emphasized the importance of Border Patrol Processing Coordinators that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired to proc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: Today, during a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) heard from nominees for commissioner to the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) and three Superior Court D.C. judges. During the hearing, Senator Carper emphasized the urgency of Commissioner Robert Taub's Senate confirmation and applauded the Committee for moving to fill v  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement following reports of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' speech to the Fatah Revolutionary Council: "I strongly condemn the antisemitic rhetoric President Abbas used in his speech last month that has recently surfaced, especially given the deeply disturbing rise in antisemitism worldwide. These most recent  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: DOVER, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined federal, state, and local housing officials and project stakeholders to kickoff significant renovations to an existing affordable housing apartment complex in Dover. Senator Coons joined members of HUD, the Delaware State Housing Authority, the Dover Housing Authority, Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc. (LNWA), Cinnaire, and Citi Community C  more