WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) led eight of their Senate and House colleagues in requesting information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about HHS' use of alternative payment models (APMs) to reduce maternal mortality… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) led a letter to Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA), concerning the agency’s plans to undermine the Chemical Disaster Rule which includes existing safety regulations for chemical facilities, their workers, and surrounding communities.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL), a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, led a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) inquiring about how the agency is addressing the concerning number of incomplete automobile safety rulemakings, reports, and research initiatives mandated by Congress.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03), Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) introduced the Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act, H.R. 4671, a bill that would increase access to affordable health care for senior citizens.
“For too many seniors, the question of whether or not they can afford… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) and Gus Bilirakis (FL-12) introduced H.R. 4621, the Collecting and Analyzing Resources Integral and Necessary for Guidance (CARING) for Social Determinants Act of 2019. This legislation would require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide guidance to states to address social determinants of health… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a member of the Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee, today voted to pass the Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act (H.R. 205), which blocks new offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act (H.R. 1941), which blocks new offshore drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific… Read more »
NEWARK, DE – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester hosted a roundtable on the high cost of insulin and other critical, life-saving medications that Delawareans rely on. The Congresswoman was joined by leading health care advocates from across the state to discuss potential policy solutions to lower the cost of these critical drugs. The Congresswoman also unveiled a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, member of the House Energy and Commerce Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, U.S. Senators Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Chris Coons (All D-DE), sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Mark Esper urging DOD to expeditiously plan and take action… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, announced her support for beginning impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
“Today, after careful consideration and with a profound sense of gravity, I now support opening impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. This was not a decision that I reached quickly or lightly, and I have continued to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, voted to advance 25 bills that would improve America’s health care system, consumer protection, pharmaceutical transparency, and combat climate change. Among the bills that advanced out of the Committee for consideration by the full House of Representatives was the REACH Act,… Read more »
