WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester and U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (all D-Del.) announced that Delaware will receive a total of $375,000 from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. This investment comes as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, which has been dedicated to combating youth substance use for de  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester and U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (all D-Del.) today announced that Delmarva Corrugated Packaging, Inc. will receive $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to support a project to install a two megawatt rooftop solar installation. Delmarva Corrugated Packaging, Inc. will use this fundin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), alongside Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), announced that the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will receive a $2,740,499.10 award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to replace the Bancroft Mills Pedestrian Bri  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) published an op-ed in The News Journal paying tribute to President Joe Biden's decades of service, which have been rooted in his home state of Delaware. Senator Coons praised President Biden as a man of faith and family and as a historic leader who has always put country before self. Senator Coons interned in then-Senator Biden's office in Washi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced that Delmarva Corrugated Packaging, Inc. will receive $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to support a project to install a two megawatt rooftop solar installation. Del  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: Today, the U.S. Senate passed S. 4367, the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024) unanimously. WRDA 2024 is biennial legislation that authorizes flood control, navigation and ecosystem restoration projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) in Delaware and across the country. U.S. Senator Tom   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, along with U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Chair of the EPW Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member of   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following on July 30, 2024: * * * Today at the Senate Finance Committee hearing "Tax Tools for Local Economic Development," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) discussed how tax incentives for local and state governments can generate economic opportunity for people living in low-income communities. During the hearing, Senator Carper emphasized the resilience and achievements of Delaware's communities thanks to these tax incentives,  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Today at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing, "Examination of the Security Failures Leading to the Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump," Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) heard from Ronald L. Rowe, Jr., Acting Director of the United States Secret Service, and Paul Abbate, Deputy Director of the Federal Burea  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today commended the Senate on passing the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which requires social media companies to take increased measures to better protect children from harmful content. The bill, which Senator Coons cosponsored, passed the Senate by a vote of 91-3. "The Kids Online Safety Act installs much-needed safeguards to protect kids from cyberbullying an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement today after Russia released multiple wrongfully detained Americans today as part of a larger prisoner swap: "I am overjoyed at the news of the release of several wrongfully detained Americans from Russian prisons and penal colonies, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich; Radio Free Europe journalist Alsu Kurmasheva; and Mar  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chair of the Senate State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the full committee markup of the fiscal year 2025 SFOPS Appropriations bill: "The Appropriations Senate bill for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs for fiscal year  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement today after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner in Sunday's presidential election despite claims of electoral irregularities by the opposition party: "I am greatly concerned that Venezuela's National Electoral Council ignored the will of the Venezuelan people and declared President Maduro the winner without releasing  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act of 2024, a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would restore the presumption that courts will issue an injunction to stop patent infringers, strengthening protections for U.S. inventors, entrepreneurs, universities,   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today introduced the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2024, known as the NO FAKES Act, to protect the voice and visual likenesses of creators and individuals from the proliferation of digital replicas created without their consent. The introduction of the bill fo  more