WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) published an op-ed today in The News Journal praising the start of work on the new Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-East (ASWBPL-East) facility that will soon come to Dover Air Force Base. The delegation secured more than $30 million in congressional spending to fund const  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined POLITICO's Playbook Deep Dive podcast with Ryan Lizza today to discuss a broad range of developments in foreign policy, including his visit to East and Southeast Asia last week with a bipartisan congressional delegation. Senator Coons and the Biden administration are prioritizing security in the Indo-Pacific security and reaffirming Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) signed a discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 4121, the Right to Contraception Act. Last year, Blunt Rochester cosponsored this legislation, which would enshrine the right to contraception into federal law. A discharge petition is a maneuver that forces the Majority party to bring a bill up for a vote. "For the first time in our nation'  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSresL) -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Senator John Fetterman (D-Penn.) introduced the Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, respectively. The legislation would empower local and state governments to address regulatory barriers to affordable housing supply by establishing new national frameworks and guidance. The bi  more

WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 4 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following commentary to the Delaware Business Times on June 3, 2024: * * * How I'm Bringing Democrats and Republicans Together to Fix Our Broken Supply Chains In Case You Missed It, Last week, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) published an op-ed in the Delaware Business Times outlining her bipartisan work on fixing our supply chains. Blunt Rochester's Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act, authored wit  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSFact) -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following one-pager on June 5, 2024: * * * Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act Endorsing Organizations: 115+ organizations including Up for Growth, American Planning Association, National Apartment Association, National Housing Trust, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, National Leased Housing Association, National Low Income Housing Coalition, National Rental Home Council, UnidosUS, YIMBY Alliance, N  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Ahead of today's 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) commemorating the historic operation and honoring the U.S. Armed Forces and Allied troops responsible for carrying out the unprecedented maneuver that proved decisive in securing victory against Nazi Germany in World War II. Senators Coons and Boozman are   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee today led a majority of the Senate to confirm Christopher T. Hanson to serve as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by a vote of 81-17. Prior to Hanson's confirmation, Chairman Carper spoke on the floor in favor of h  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today led a hearing on the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 and its implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. HIGHLIGHTS: ON THE AGENCY'  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: On June 5, 2024, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 and its implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.)  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Today at the Senate Finance Committee hearing "Revitalizing and Renewing GSP, AGOA and Other Trade Preference Programs," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) discussed the importance of Trade Preference Programs, including the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). During the hearing, Senator Carper highlighted how these programs have been ess  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Today at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee nominations hearing, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) heard from five nominees to serve as Associate Judges on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The nominees include Judge Sherri M. Beatty-Arthur, Judge Rahkel Bouchet, Erin C. Johnston, Ray D. McKenzie, and John C. Truong. With 13 of the 62 judicial positions on   more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) introduced the Fair Credit for American Hostages Act yesterday to protect the credit scores of Americans who have been held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. "The last thing Americans who have been wrongfully detained abroad need when they come home is a decimated credit score that makes it even harder for them to rebuild their lives," said S  more