WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), released the following statement after opposing a motion to end debate on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. Senator Carper, along with other members, is seeking a vote on Senator Udall's bipartisan Prevent Unconstitutional War with Iran Act, which would pr  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, sent letters to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the United States Copyright Office seeking additional information on their ongoing efforts to combat intellectual property infringement that harms American busin  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following statement: Yesterday, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester voted in favor of the Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and State and Foreign Operations, Energy and Water Appropriations bill (H.R. 2750), which included provisions introduced by Blunt Rochester and adopted on a broadly bipartisan basis that would improve the Space Available Flights program for veterans rated as 100% disabled, increase   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * - Completion of Center Building at St. Elizabeths solidifies Carper's work over years to unite the department on one campus * * * Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), attended a tour and ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Center Building at St. Elizabeths to celebrate the completion of the buildi  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) spoke on the Senate floor to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, more commonly known as the G.I. Bill. Earlier this week, Senator Carper, along with Senators Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, along with U.S. Representatives Phil Roe, M.D.   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following opening statement: Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a business meeting to consider a number of items: Robert Wallace to be assistant secretary for the Department of the Interior; William B. Kilbride to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority; S. 1345, A bill to amend and re  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement slamming proposed guidance released by the Council on Environmental Quality that agencies are not required to consider climate impacts in environmental assessments of federal projects: "The Council on Environmental Quality should be concerned about improving our nation's environmental quality and coordinating federal actions to reduce  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan: "Nearly four years ago, the Clean Power Plan set the first federal targets to reduce carbon emissions from our nation's existing power plants. Back then, critics of the plan - and there were plenty - argued that those targets  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan: "Nearly four years ago, the Clean Power Plan set the first federal targets to reduce carbon emissions from our nation's existing power plants. Back then, critics of the plan - and there were plenty - argued that those targets were to  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following statement: Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), released the following statement regarding reports that President Trump was moments away from striking Iran on Thursday in retaliation for the downing of an American surveillance drone. On Wednesday, Senator Carper opposed moving to National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement today slamming proposed guidance issued by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) that agencies are not required to consider long-term climate impacts in environmental assessments of federal projects. "The Council on Environmental Quality should be concerned about improvi  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, along with U.S. Representatives Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.) and Mark Takano (D-Calif.), introduced a resolution to designate the week of June 17, 2019, as "National G.I. Bill Commemoration Week" and celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Serviceme  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), the co-author of the END Wildlife Trafficking Act, applauded indictments of four members of a wildlife trafficking network brought by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Justice, and the Drug Enforcement Agency. The four men were charged last week for participating in conspiracy to traffic in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory, in addition t  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * - Package provides funding to improve conditions for migrant children and families in U.S. government care, for immigration judge teams, grants to nonprofits who care for migrants, and case management for unaccompanied children - Appropriations Committee Democrats ensured that no funding in this supplemental package can be transferred for any other purpose, including for President Trump's prop  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today will be recognized by Sandy Hook Promise as an outstanding champion for gun violence prevention. Sandy Hook Promise will also honor Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania. "In order to tackle gun violence, or any of the other critical issues facing this country, we are going to need to work together and reach a  more