WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Democrats are lauding the Biden Administration's historic decision to begin requiring use of a social cost of carbon across government decision-making. A social cost of carbon is a science-based estimate of the damages caused by each ton of carbon pollution -- including property losses, increased health care costs, and other harms that com  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for announcing the availability of $4.6 billion in competitive grants to fund community-driven solutions to the climate crisis. Created in the Inflation Reduction Act, th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and John Kennedy (R.-La.) today joined environmental, industry, and business leaders to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Senate's ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. The Kigali Amendment is   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Today at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) heard from Thomas G. Day, nominee to serve as Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), and three judicial nominees for the D.C. Superior Court. During the hearing, Senator Carper emphasized the importance of continuing to hear from nominees for both the PRC a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Today, at the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Health Care hearing "Aging in Place: The Vital Role of Home Health in Access to Care," Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the importance of meeting people where they are to address their health care needs. The Medicare Hospital at Home program was first widely adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2022, Senator Carper an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) introduced a resolution recognizing September as National Voting Rights Month. The resolution will encourage voter registration in the month of September and push Congress to preserve the right to vote by restoring the Voting Rights Act of 1965. September 19, 2023, was National Voter Registration Day. "Voting is the most sacred right  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) today introduced the New Opportunities for Technological Innovation, Mitigation, and Education To Overcome Waste or NO TIME TO Waste Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would reduce food loss and waste in the United States. Cutting down on food waste will increase food   more