Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement on the passing of former Governor Ruth Ann Minner.
“My heart is heavy learning of the loss of my mentor and role model Governor Ruth Ann Minner. Ruth Ann’s humble beginnings, leaving school at 16 to help support her family, would form the foundation of what it meant to her to be a public… Read more »
Today, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) re-introduced the Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment Through Education and Reporting (EMPOWER) Act alongside Representatives Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), John Katko (R-N.Y.), Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and 60 additional cosponsors. This bipartisan bill will lift the veil of… Read more »
Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) introduced the bipartisan Building Resilient Supply Chains Act, legislation to strengthen U.S. supply chains and spur domestic manufacturing of critical goods to grow the U.S. economy and enhance America’s national security. The bill creates a Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass a Continuing Resolution that includes provisions extending government funding through December 3, and two emergency supplemental funding bills that address recent natural disasters and address the resettlement of Afghan evacuees. Importantly, this legislation also meets new, timely and important needs, including helping… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) introduced two bills that would help improve mental health services for children. The Children’s Mental Health Infrastructure Act and the Helping Kids Cope Act will financially support pediatric behavioral health care initiatives and community-based programs.
As mental, emotional,… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass H.R. 4502, a package of seven government funding bills, which focuses on investing in America. The transformative investments in the bill will create good-paying American jobs, grow opportunities for the middle class and small businesses, and provide a lifeline for working families and the vulnerable.
“As we… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), introduced legislation that would ensure veterans receive the highest quality care possible from private providers. The Veterans’ Culturally Competent Care Act will require that veterans receive culturally competent, evidence-based mental health treatment from private providers, as is… Read more »
The webinar can be downloaded here.
WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) hosted a webinar encouraging working families to be on the lookout for advance monthly payments of the Child Tax Credit of up to $300 per month per child beginning today, July 15th through December. Blunt Rochester joined by a representative of the Internal Revenue Service, Laura… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) introduced H.R. 4407, bipartisan legislation to make a technical correction to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) program that supports the training of nurses and other allied health professionals at hospital-based nursing schools across the country.
Due to a technical error… Read more »
Photos from the Wilmington Event can be downloaded for use here.
WILMINGTON, Del. – Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), jointly visited highway-divided neighborhoods in their respective cities today to highlight the $3 billion Reconnecting Communities bill recently passed by the House of Representatives that could help those neighborhoods.… Read more »
