WASHINGTON – Today, on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) cosponsored the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, H.R. 5856. The bipartisan legislation, led by Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Susan Wild (D-Pa.), would provide approximately $1 billion over five years to strengthen and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the House Health Subcommittee, joined over 160 House and Senate colleagues in a letter calling on congressional leaders to ensure any final appropriations package fully funds the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in the 2024 fiscal year. Since 1997, Congress… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) announced her nominations for 26 Delaware students for admission to United States Service Academies for the Class of 2028. Each year, members of the United States Congress are charged with nominating top candidates for attendance at four service academies: the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY; the U.S. Naval Academy… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement on the passing of former Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas.
“My heart is heavy at the news of the passing of my former colleague and mentor, Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson.
“Representative Johnson was truly devoted to her community in Dallas… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) applauded President Biden signing the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The $886 billion bill supports a 5.2% pay raise for military servicemembers and the Department of Defense civilian workforce. The bill also includes provisions for Delaware,… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) wrote a letter to Dr. Vivek Murthy, the Surgeon General of the United States, urging the Surgeon General to launch a nationwide call to action to raise awareness of blood clots and pulmonary embolisms. The letter comes after Blunt Rochester introduced a bill earlier this year, honoring her late husband… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, Delaware Governor John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) hosted U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary David Turk at the Clean Hydrogen for the Mid-Atlantic Conference at the Chase Center on the Riverfront to discuss the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-Ind..) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy Act. The bill would codify AI literacy as a key component of digital literacy and creates opportunities to incorporate AI literacy into existing programs.
The adoption of AI has more than doubled since 2017, and the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) introduced the We’re Addressing the Realities of Menopause (WARM) Act. The bill would create a national menopause public awareness campaign and fund research and education initiatives to develop evidence-based practices.
By 2030, there will be 1.2 billion menopausal… Read more »
Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after voting against a resolution that called for the resignation of the presidents of Harvard and MIT.
“Any call for the genocide of the Jewish people is vile, unacceptable, and a call for violence. It has no place in civilized society and certainly not on college campuses. The answers given by… Read more »
