WILMINGTON, Delaware, April 17 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester along with U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (all D-Del.) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant Program has awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS). This grant will help protect families   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant Program has awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS). This grant will help protect families from home health   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: This morning, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Laura Coates on Sirius XM's Politics of the United States (POTUS) radio show to highlight the one-year anniversary of her comprehensive Jobs Agenda, a package of eight bills designed to strengthen Delaware's economy, workforce, and communities. Blunt Rochester also highlighted the importance of Black Maternal Health Week as i  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined a bipartisan group of 22 Members of Congress in sending a letter to United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, in opposition to the United States Postal Service's (USPS) recent nationwide consolidation and review announcements that could diminish mail service reliability for postal networks across the country. "A common theme of  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, April 15 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on April 14, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement on Iranian attacks on Israel: "The amount of pain and suffering the region has experienced in the past year is unconscionable. As President Biden has stated, the United States will stand firm with its ally Israel and its right to defend itself against these attacks. I am praying for the safety   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a hearing to consider the nomination of Christopher Hanson to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. HIGHLIGHTS: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING HIGH SAFETY STANDARDS WHILE DEPLOYING CLEAN NUCLEAR   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to S. 4072, a bill that would block federal funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule to limit tailpipe emissions from light-duty and medium-duty vehic  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on April 17, 2024: * * * On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Christopher T. Hanson to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "We are here today to   more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on April 19, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the statement below after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated two Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensatio  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- 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 (EPW) Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), also a member of the EPW Committee, today celebrated the passage of their Strengthening Coastal Communities Act, S. 2958. The bipartisan legislation would amend and reauthorize the Coastal Barrier Resources A  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: Today at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing "The FY25 DHS Budget: Resources and Authorities Requested to Protect and Secure the Homeland," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), a senior member of the Committee, heard from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on how President Biden's proposed budget for the upcoming year suppo  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today at the Senate Finance Committee hearing "The President's Fiscal Year 2025 IRS Budget and the IRS 2024 Filing Season," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) heard from Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Danny Werfel about the President's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025. During the hearing, Senator Carper highlighted the positive impact that funding from the Inflation  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today at the Senate Finance Committee hearing "The President's 2024 Trade Policy Agenda," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, heard from U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai about the scope of international trade issues facing the United States and our trading partners. During the he  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing "Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the importance of maintaining trust in the reliability of delivery services provided by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Senator Carper, a senior member of the Committee, noted that while action is needed to improve   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on April 14, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), released the following statement after Iran's unprecedented attack against Israel on April 13, 2024: "Iran's unprecedented and disproportional attack against Israel yesterday - which included hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles - was gravely concerning. Fortunately, the attack was met with an almost unbelievable and suc  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following statement on April 16, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) released the following statement after the Senate voted to dismiss the two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "Despite many Congressional Republicans' best efforts to undermine the serious nature of impeachment proceedings, today the U.S. Senate voted to dismiss the charges against Sec  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) applauded the Senate's unanimous passage of his resolution that condemns the human rights record of the government of Eswatini and the killing of Eswatini human rights activist Thulani Maseko. This resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.). Eswatini is Africa's last absolute monarchy, currently ruled by Ki  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement after reports of Iranian attacks on Israel: "President Biden has pledged our full support to defend Israel from attack, and I join him in that determined defense. Iran's direct attack on Israel with drones and missiles is a brazen escalation that will endanger lives across the Middle East. American forces and our partners are already en  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced legislation to address antisemitic sentiment and actions on college campuses, which has been rising across the nation for years and spiked in the wake of Hamas' terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. The Antisemitism Awareness Act would require the U.S. Department of Education to consider the International Holocaust Reme  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced legislation to reduce the Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) and the U.S. Marshals Service's use of solitary confinement and improve conditions for adults in custody separated from the general prison population. The Solitary Confinement Reform Act limits the use of solitary confinement in certain prison facilities to the shortest term a  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS), today celebrated committee passage of his bipartisan legislation with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of SFOPS, to create a U.S. Foundation for International Conservation. The bill passed out of the Senate Foreign Re  more