Posts Tagged ‘Sen Tom Carper’
$35 Million Federal Investment in Delaware Transit Announced by DE Congressional Delegation
U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, along with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.), today announced historic investments in public transit from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including more than $35 million to Delaware for fiscal year 2022. This funding from the Federal Transit Administration will enable transit agencies like Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) to modernize and…
Read MoreGrant Funding Awarded to Help Sussex County Seniors
U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons announced a $750,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to CHEER Senior Services, La Red Health Center and Educational Health Resources International (EHRI), the nonprofit arm of Nationwide Healthcare Services at the Milford Wellness Village. The grant award will help develop a program to help Sussex…
Read MoreUSS Delaware Attack Sub to be Christened in VA Saturday
The Navy will christen the attack submarine, the future USS Delaware (SSN 791), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, in Newport News, Virginia. The principal speaker will be United States Senator Tom Carper from Delaware. Dr. Jill Biden, former second lady…
Read MoreVIDEO: Sen Tom Carper Calls for Hearing on Trump Fuel Economy Emissions Standards Rollback
Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), sent a letter to EPW Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) calling for an immediate hearing on the Trump administration’s effort to freeze the fuel economy and vehicle greenhouse gas emissions standards. The letter calls for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator…
Read MoreReaction on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court
President Trump has nominated appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The President’s nomination sparked protests Monday night outside the Supreme Court and has Democrats vowing a fierce fight to block Kavanaugh’s confirmation. From FOX News: Kavanaugh graduated from Yale College and Law School, clerked for two…
Read MoreSens Carper & Coons React to US Withdrawing from Iran Nuclear Deal
This afternoon President Trump announced his decision to withdraw the US out of the Iran nuclear deal that was struck during the Obama Administration. The President’s announcement begins a 90-day countdown to the restoration of sanctions and once the sanctions are back in place, the US effectively would be out of the deal. Click here…
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