Press Releases

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) issued the following statement after learning of Rep. Devin Nunes (CA-22) decision to recuse himself from the investigation into connections between President Trump and Russia. Read more »

Today, Rep. Blunt Rochester (DE-AL) released the following statement after signing a “Demand A Vote” petition to force the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to vote on the release of President Trump’s long-promised tax returns Read more »

The fact that in 2017, we are still demanding women are paid equal to men is astonishing, not just because promoting equality is a no-brainer, but because this isn’t an issue that only affects women. It affects our children, our families and our economy as a whole. Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons along with U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) sent a letter to PJM asking them to reconsider their plan to fund the Artificial Island project. The cost allocation model currently in place would force Delmarva ratepayers to cover an unacceptable and completely unfair portion of the total costs of the project. Read more »

America deserves the best. So let’s give ours. Read more »

Rep. Blunt Rochester issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office announced that 24 million more Americans would be uninsured under the GOP’s health plan, including 14 million people in the first year alone. Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) joined nearly 200 of their colleagues in filing a U.S. Supreme Court brief explaining that transgender and gender non-conforming students are protected from discrimination under a federal education law called Title IX. Read more »

Rep. Blunt Rochester today announced that she has invited Kerry Orr, a Delawarean who relies on the Affordable Care Act for healthcare coverage, to attend President Trump’s joint address to Congress. Read more »

Rep. Blunt Rochester, a member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released the following statement after President Trump and his administration revoked the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice joint guidance protecting transgender students in schools. “President Trump has gone against his newly confirmed Secretary of Education and completely reversed his own… Read more »

Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), released the following statement about the hostage situation at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna. Read more »