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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Delaware Newsletter for 2024-09-01 ( 6 items )  
ICYMI: Ahead of next week's House return, Fox News highlights Senator Coons' bipartisan Stop Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier covered a bipartisan bill from U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), which would prevent the IRS from imposing fines and penalties on American hostages and wrongful detainees while they are held abroad. When the U.S. House of Representatives returns to session next week, it can send the Stop Tax Penalties on American more PR

Rep. Blunt Rochester Joins Democratic Women Caucus in Calling on House Leadership to Protect Access to SNAP Benefits (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Today, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined her colleagues in the Democratic Women's Caucus in sending a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson urging him to revise the partisan farm bill that passed out of the House Committee on Agriculture and work with House Democrats to pass a bipartisan farm bill that helps women, families, and farmers. The proposed bill would cut $30 billio more PR

Rep. Blunt Rochester, Sens. Carper, Coons Announce $1.5M to Improve Home Energy Efficiency (10)
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester alongside U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (all D-Del.) today announced a $1.5 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (SERC) grant program to Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to help low-income households make home energy impro more PR

Rep. Rochester Issues Commentary to The News Journal: Delaware Returning Citizens Get Fair Shot at Clean Slate. Next Stop, Nationwide. (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following commentary to The News Journal on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * In Case You Missed It, today, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) published an op-ed in The News Journal highlighting her bipartisan Clean Slate legislation that would seal the federal records of eligible justice-involved individuals. Delaware is one of only 12 states to have enacted a Clean Slate law which supports jobs, justice, and second chances. more PR

Senators Coons and Ricketts, colleagues write bipartisan letter supporting U.S. efforts to enhance diplomatic engagement with Pacific Islands countries (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of this week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting where they expressed their support for broader and deeper U.S. engagement with countries of the Pacific Islands region. The 53rd PIF Leaders Meeting t more PR

Sens. Carper, Coons, Rep. Blunt Rochester Announce $1.5M to Improve Home Energy Efficiency (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) today announced a $1.5 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (SERC) grant program to Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to help low-income households make home energy improvements. This funding was made possible  more PR