WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the House Health Subcommittee, joined over 160 House and Senate colleagues in a letter calling on congressional leaders to ensure any final appropriations package fully funds the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the 2024 fiscal year. Since 1997, Congress has, on a bipartisan  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. Marc Molinaro, R-New York, issued the following news release: Binghamton, NY - U.S. Marc Molinaro (NY-19) last night held an emergency briefing for local officials on the border crisis. County Executives and City Mayors in Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Sullivan, Tioga, and Tompkins and Ulster Counties were invited to participate in the call. During the briefing, Rep. Molinaro shared what he learned from his trip to the southern bord  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Co-Chair of the Congressional Chemistry Caucus, and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, wrote an op-ed for Issues in Science and Technology's winter issue on how the United States can be a leader in sustainable chemistry, the development and production of chemicals that do not harm the environment or human health. The che  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Today, on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) cosponsored the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, H.R. 5856. The bipartisan legislation, led by Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Susan Wild (D-Pa.), would provide approximately $1 billion over five years to strengthen and expand programs to combat   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Today at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing "Harnessing AI to Improve Government Services and Customer Experience," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the Committee, posed questions on how federal agencies can use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve citizen engagement and service delivery. During the hearing, Senator Carper empha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation this week to Poland, Slovakia, Liechtenstein, and the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Joining Senator Coons' delegation is Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). In Poland, the delegation is expec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today introduced new legislation to improve efficiency for intellectual property developed by federal grantees, and reduce the red tape for these grantees, particularly universities, so they can focus on research and development of new ideas and inventions. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) and Mike Flood (R-Neb.) introduced th  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2024: * * * "It is with a heavy heart that the Blunt Family announces the passing of former Wilmington City Council President, Ted Blunt. "Mr. Blunt, aged 80, was at home, surrounded by love, and passed peacefully during the late evening hours of January 11th. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Alice, brother, John, sister, Catherine, three daughters, Lisa, Thea, and Marla,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) sent a letter to National Park Service (NPS) and PennDOT officials, requesting their attendance at a special meeting on Jan. 17th to discuss a three-mile stretch of Route 611 in the Delaware Water Gap area that remains closed after a rockslide in December of 2022. "The year anniversary of the closure of Route 611 at the Northampton-  more