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WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced that the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) will receive a $4 million grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Advanced Digital Construction Management Systems grant program. In August, Carper, Coons, and B... Read More »

WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after voting to pass a continuing resolution to fund the federal government. “While I’m pleased that this continuing resolution avoided steep and harmful cuts and kept the government open - avoiding a catastrophic self-inflicted shutdown - the reality remains that there’s much work to be done. There are ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced an award of $3,060,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the City of Wilmington to rehabilitate and repair portions of its aging sewer infrastructure. “In May 2022, I hosted EPA Administrator Regan in Delaware to show him some of our wastewater syste... Read More »

WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, Governor John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced a $50 million Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Diamond State Port Corporation for the Port of Wilmington’s Edgemoor terminal expansion. The PIDP is a discretionary grant program... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-La.) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing World Menopause Awareness Month. The goal of the resolution is to raise awareness and access to care during menopause and post-menopause. “Millions of women throughout the United States and throughout the world going through menopause experience thi... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced that the Greater Philadelphia Region received Designation status as a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) through the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). Tech Hubs are designed to grow regional technology and innovation by strengthening a region’s cap... Read More »

NEW CASTLE COUNTY – Today, New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer, U.S. Senator Tom Carper and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (Both D-Del.) joined at the Woodlawn Library to announce the county’s “100 EV Plugs Plan” to make more than 100 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging plugs available to the public at New Castle County Parks and Libraries. This project is funded in part by the Bipartisan ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) selection of the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2), a public-private partnership between Delaware, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey, as one of 7 regional clean hydrogen hubs. Made possible by the Bipartisan In... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), issued the following statement after voting for a bipartisan funding agreement that will provide short-term funding for the federal government over the next 45 days. The agreement holds funding levels steady, avoiding steep and harmful cuts that were being debated earlier in the week. The agreement will now head to the Senate. “Today... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), introduced the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act. The bill is the latest addition to Blunt Rochester’s comprehensive Jobs Agenda, introduced earlier this year. Blunt Rochester was joined in introducing the bill by Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.), Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Deborah Ross (D-N.C.), Paul... Read More »

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), announced a $10 million grant to the University of Delaware’s National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL). This funding was secured by Carper, Coons, and Blunt Rochester through the federal congressionally directed spending process. The fundin... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), marking nine years since the passing of her late husband, Charles, introduced the Charles Rochester Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment Act. Charles Rochester tore his Achilles tendon playing a game of pickup basketball before a business meeting. Blood clots traveled to his heart and lungs and, at the age of 52, he died. The Charles ... Read More »

NEWARK, Del. — Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) hosted a roundtable with a broad group of gun violence prevention and mental health advocates as well as local officials to highlight how funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is at work in Delaware to improve community safety, invest in mental health care, and increase school safety. The conversation took place at Sean’... Read More »

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today joined members of Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, Inc. (BCCS) to celebrate $757,000 in congressional funding to support BCCS’ Continuous Community-Care Mobile Treatment (CCMT) service. The CCMT is a mobile health care unit created to address historical inequities... Read More »

MILTON, Del. — Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Milton Mayor John Collier and Milton Town Manager Kristy Rogers for a tour of Milton’s current Public Works Facility and to discuss Milton’s Community Project Funding request for FY 2024. The federal funding would be used to help fund the construction of a new public works facility. Blunt Rochester also visited the proposed n... Read More »