Press Releases

WASHINGTON– Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to send the Respect for Marriage Act to President Biden’s desk. The Respect for Marriage Act will officially repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a defunct and discriminatory statute excluding same-sex couples from marriage under federal law. This legislation will also codify new… Read more »

WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass the conferenced version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023. This bipartisan bill honors our values, supports our servicemembers and their families, strengthens our security, and advances our leadership in the world.  The bill authorizes discretionary spending for national defense for… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after voting on legislation to end a potential rail shutdown while giving workers a 24% pay increase and 7 days of paid sick leave.    “Today, Congress took decisive action to avoid a potentially catastrophic shutdown of our… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement following the news that Speaker Nancy Pelosi will no longer serve in House Leadership.    “Speaker Nancy Pelosi will leave leadership as the most consequential and accomplished Speaker in American history. Serving as the first woman to lead the People’s House, Speaker Pelosi… Read more »

  LEWES, Del. — Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) hosted a roundtable conversation at the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes on the impact of the nursing workforce shortage on Delaware’s health care sector. In September, Blunt Rochester introduced the bipartisan, bicameral National Nursing Workforce Center… Read more »

“Today, President Biden took a bold and necessary step to alleviate the impacts of our failed approach to drug policy in this country.” said Blunt Rochester. “As I said when I introduced my bipartisan Clean Slate Act, simple marijuana offenses can stay on the record of individuals for a lifetime - impacting their ability to further their education, find a steady job, or secure… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass a Continuing Resolution that includes provisions extending government funding through December 16, 2022.    The bill includes extended funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Community Development Block Grant… Read more »

WASHINGTON  – U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), along with Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) today introduced the Kickstarting Innovative Demonstrations Support (KIDS) Health Act of 2022 to establish a “whole child health care” model for children… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, in a the House of Representatives passed the groundbreaking, bipartisan Break the Cycle of Violence Act. The bill was introduced early in the 117th Congress by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) in the House of Representatives and by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) in the United States Senate. The Break… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 2864, the Clean Slate Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (D-Pa.) to give more than 70 million Americans with low-level and nonviolent criminal records a second chance to fully participate in society. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)… Read more »