WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) along with Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Act of 2021. The bill would authorize physician assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), referred to as... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), along with Congressman Andy Levin (D-Mich), Congressman Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio), Congressman Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), Congressman John Katko (R-N.Y.), Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio)... Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester released the following statement after the House passage of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act. “‘I am an American at heart.’ I’ll never forget those words of a young DREAMer at one of my town halls. A senior at Delaware State University, this remarkable young woman described to a room full of people her history of being brought to the... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted in favor of H.J.Res. 17 which would remove the arbitrary deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. “Last year, I was honored to preside over the House of Representatives during the historic vote on the Equal Rights Amendment,” said Rep. Blunt Rochester. “Today, I was proud to once again vo... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021. Both bills would strengthen existing gun safety laws by ensuring that background checks apply to private firearms dealers and closes the “Charleston Loophole” that allows the completion of a firearm transaction before ... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) voted to pass H.R. 1319 as amended by the Senate, the American Rescue Plan. The bill will now go to President Biden’s desk, where it is expected to be signed shortly, providing immediate and needed relief to the American people. The American Rescue Plan is landmark, life-saving legislation that will provide resources to defeat the virus, get v... Read more »
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 communities. ... 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.) introduced the... 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 buildings, ed... 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 across the country have been feel... Read more »
