WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Today, U.S Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) announced a federal investment of $3 million for the Community Education Building (CEB) in Wilmington. Secured through the federal appropriations process, the investments will go toward capital improvements to increase capacity in the existing facility, including building a Youth Development Center. Coons and Blun  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: In Case You Missed It, last week U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, led the Senate passage of the bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country. This legislation will reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emerg  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: In Case You Missed It, U.S. Senator Tom Carper joined U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (both D-Del.) to announce a combined $3.4 million to combat homelessness and improve mental health resources in Delaware last week. During visits to both the New Castle County Hope Center and Nemours Children's Health, they highlighted how the funding, which was also secured by U.S. Senator Chris C  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Trump v. United States, concluding that a former president is entitled to criminal immunity for official, but not unofficial, acts: "I am disappointed by this decision, which establishes that presidents can break the law as long as they do so in an 'official' capacit  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: WILMINGTON, Del. - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Co-Chairs of the Senate Human Rights Caucus, released the following statement today: "In less than one month, the Venezuelan people will go to the polls to vote in elections that are neither free nor fair. President Nicolas Maduro has consistently undermined democracy, rule of law, and the electoral process in his country.   more