WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following remarks on May 14, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) gave remarks on the House floor urging her colleagues to pass H.R. 6571, the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act. The bipartisan bill was authored by Blunt Rochester and Rep. Larry Bucshon M.D. (R-Ind.) and is expected to be voted on in the House later this week. Below are her remarks as delivered and a full video of her speech can be fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, today announced plans for the EPW Committee to mark up the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024) on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The Water Reso  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: The Newark Regional Transportation Center was dedicated the Thomas R. Carper Train Station today at an event with local, state, and federal transportation leaders. U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) has long been an advocate for passenger rail, and has secured significant federal investments for Delaware's transit and transportation systems through his work on historic infrastructure legislati  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 390 - 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6571, the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act, authored by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Larry Bucshon M.D. (R-Ind.). The bill was considered, and passed, by the House Energy & Commerce Committee by a vote of 44-0. The bipartisan legislation would create a whole-of-gove  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, May 14 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement on May 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today released the following statement on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) final transmission planning and cost allocation rule and backstop siting authority implementation rule: "Expanding our nation's tr  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today at the Senate Finance Committee hearing "Rural Health Care: Supporting Lives and Improving Communities," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) discussed the need for improved access to high quality health care for all Americans, regardless of their zip code. During the hearing, Senator Carper shared the challenges in access to health care that rural Delawareans face, and reiterated the need  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee in the Senate, joined Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin, Slaughter Beach Mayor Bob Woods, Delaware Bay Beach Association President Kathy Lock, and state and local officials to announce $31.9 million in federal funding to help protect and restore Delaware bay beach communities  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: The Bipartisan Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act and Federal Employees Health Benefits Protection Act both work to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in government Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) applauded the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's unanimous passage of two of his bipartisan bills aimed at safeguarding the use of American taxpayer dollars. The Ending Im  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act of 2024, bipartisan legislation that would extend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program for five years. This bill continues the success of the program, which has routinely been demonstrated to reduce costs, improv  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: The Recruit and Retain Act, introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), passed out of the House of Representatives on Tuesday and now heads to President Biden's desk. The bipartisan bill will address staffing shortages nationwide by enhancing law enforcement agencies' access to hiring tools. Congressmen Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) and Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) introduced the identical  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: In developing this year's Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee received requests from several Senators for both new Environmental Infrastructure (EI) authorizations and budget authority modifications to existing EI authorizations. These EI requests -- if not included in the annual report submitte  more