DOVER, Delaware, May 24 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester and U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (all D-Del.) announced a $1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Downtown Dover Partnership to rehabilitate and revitalize brownfield sites in Dover. These investments are from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was co-authored and supported by Delawa  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced a $1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Downtown Dover Partnership to rehabilitate and revitalize brownfield sites in Dover. These investments are from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was co-authored and supported by Delaware's Congress  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, led a Subcommittee hearing entitled "Examining Trade Enforcement and Entry of Merchandise at U.S. Ports." During the hearing, Senator Carper heard from three witnesses who discussed how goods enter through U.S. ports, and how technology is used to   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: 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, along with U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Chairman of the EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of the EPW Tr  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) discussed Kenyan President William Ruto's visit to the United States this week and the need for Congress to advance a reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in an interview with Devex yesterday. A major area of interest for President Ruto is the trade relationship between the United States and Kenya, and his visit is exp  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: A group of 113 religious and secular leaders, human rights advocates, scholars, and practitioners wrote an open letter of support for a bipartisan resolution, introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.), that recognizes religious freedom as a fundamental right. The resolution urges the U.S. State Department to widen its support for religious freedom globally by impleme  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following joint statement on May 21, 2024, with Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana: * * * Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Larry Bucshon M.D. (R-Ind.) released the following statement after Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act, the counterpart to their House legislation (H.R. 6571) introduced in December 2023. Last week, Rep. Blun  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a committee markup to advance the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024) unanimously by a 19-0 vote. WRDA 2024 is biennial legislation that authorizes flood control, navigation and ecosystem   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, yesterday led a hearing to consider how federal programs support local waste management efforts to achieve a circular economy. HIGHLIGHTS: ON HOW RECYCLING PROMOTES A CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ADDRESSES CLIMATE CHANGE: Chairman Carpe  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to consider how federal programs support local waste management efforts to achieve a circular economy. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "Today, we have gathered to talk about o  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, and their colleagues celebrated Senate passage of S. Res. 701, their bipartisan resolution designating the week of May 19 through May 25, 2024 as "National Public Works Week." T  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today from the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Carper (D-Del.) urged his colleagues to pass the Bipartisan Border Act. In his speech, he called on his colleagues across the aisle to support the tough but fair bipartisan compromise and advance this critical legislation. Senator Carper further emphasized the need for the U.S. Senate to overcome partisan politics and address the longstanding   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced he would seek arrest warrants from the court for Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in relation to the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip: "I strongly condemn this move by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to apply  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution recognizing the strategic relationship between the United States and Kenya and celebrating the 60-year anniversary of U.S.-Kenya relations. The resolution comes as President Joe Biden welcomes Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a historic State Visit this week. The United States and Ken  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), James Risch (R-Idaho), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a letter to World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urging him to allow for Taiwan's meaningful participation in the WHO and invite Taiwan to participate as an observer in the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA). The Senators urge Tedros to oppose efforts to res  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined 42 of their Democratic Senate colleagues in sending a letter urging increased funding for the Pell Grant program in fiscal year 2025. In the letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Mem  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Co-Chairs of the Senate ALS Caucus, introduced a resolution to designate May 2024 as ALS Awareness Month. ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and often known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a debilitating disease that affects 1 in 300 people - approximately 30,000 Americans. There is as of yet no cure for this fatal disease. Senator Coons has lon  more