WASHINGTON – Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass H.R. 1280, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, Democrats’ bold, transformative legislation to reimagine the culture of policing in America with unprecedented reforms to curb police brutality, end racial profiling, eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement and build greater trust between law enforcement and our… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), secured key provisions important to Delaware in the recently-introduced Democratic Clean Energy Package, the CLEAN Future Act of 2021. On March 2, 2021, Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.)… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to make public facilities both more energy efficient and better prepared for future public health emergencies. The Open Back Better Act would authorize funding for energy efficiency and resiliency retrofit projects in schools, medical facilities, government… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, landmark, life-saving legislation that will provide urgently-needed resources to defeat the virus, get vaccines in people’s arms, put money into families’ pockets, return children safely to the classroom, and put people back to work.
“Delawareans and folks… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Congressman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), Congressman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. The bipartisan Fraud and Scam Reduction Act would improve the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) prevention and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass H.R. 5, the Equality Act, to ensure that all LGBTQ Americans are granted the full protections guaranteed by federal civil rights laws. The Equality Act extends anti-discrimination protections in employment, education, access to credit, jury service, federal funding, housing and public… Read more »
WILMINGTON, DE– Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, along with Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (all D-Del.) announced the designation of the post office at 500 Delaware Ave Suite 1, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, as the “Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office.” Congresswoman Blunt Rochester introduced H.R. 5972, the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Post Office Dedication Act on February 26, 2020 and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined dozens of House Democrats today in introducing the Equality Act. The bill, which passed the House in 2019, extends protections against discrimination to members of the LGBTQ community.
“The Equality Act would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation,” said Rep. Blunt Rochester. “Full… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-W.Va) wrote to President Biden requesting that any COVID-19 relief deal not further restrict the eligibility for direct payments that millions of Americans have come to rely on in the midst of the pandemic. The letter demonstrated the bipartisan support that exists for the current relief checks and… Read more »
WILMINGTON, DE– Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) announced Isha Kanchana of Newark Charter School as the winner of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for the creation of the HealthMT app. HealthMT is an application designed to give users simple instructions for Basic Life Safety and first aid. Due to the record number of quality applications submitted, Rohith Maraka of Newark… Read more »
