“President Biden has often said, ‘Don’t tell me your priorities - show me your budget, and I’ll tell you your priorities.’ Well today, the President’s priorities were abundantly clear - investing in American jobs and manufacturing, fighting the climate crisis, protecting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and doing it all while paying down the deficit,” said Rep. Blunt… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) hosted a tax filing information session with special guests from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Delaware Taxpayer Advocate, Nehemiah Gateway CDC, and the House Committee on Ways and Means. Blunt Rochester collected questions from Delawareans about their concerns including electric vehicle tax credits, filing… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today celebrated an additional $16 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that will be coming to Delaware to address housing needs.
The funds are a portion of over 2,400 grants which are awarded… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, on the final day of Black History Month, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Congresswoman Elanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) led a group of members in writing a letter to the Biden Administration requisition a Presidential Proclamation establishing the 4th Thursday in March as National Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.
The Tuskegee… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Delaware Governor John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced the approval of Delaware’s state plan for $60.9 million in funding under the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI). The SSBCI is a program through the U.S. Department of Treasury that was reauthorized under… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) announced her nominations for 19 Delaware students for admission to United States Service Academies for the Class of 2027. 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. – Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) recently introduced the Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act alongside Reps. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), and Michael Turner (R-Ohio). This legislation would expand eligibility for federal Pell Grant programs to individuals interested in pursuing short-term, high-quality education… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) will be joined by Dr. Nishelle Hines, the President and CEO of the Delaware Chapter of Black Nurses Rock (BNR), at President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on February 7, 2023. Dr. Hines is representative of the many hard-working, dedicated nurses across Delaware that are integral to administering quality care… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), issued the following statement following President Joseph R. Biden’s State of the Union Address to a Joint Session of Congress.
“The first two years of the Biden-Harris Administration have been historic, and as the President said this evening, while the state of our union is strong - our work is not… Read more »
WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the passing of Bishop Aretha E. Morton, at the age of 85 — the first female pastor of a Baptist Church in Delaware,.
“It is with a heavy heart but a grateful spirit that I join thousands of Delawareans in celebrating the life of Bishop Aretha E. Morton.… Read more »
