Lisa Blunt Rochester

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10 excerpts

1. One Big Beautiful Bill ActDecember 4, 2025

   NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester, Wyden Introduce Legislation to Protect Patients, Ensure More Americans Can Afford Health Care

   “Through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations, the Trump administration has systematically erected barriers that have made it both more difficult and more expensive for Americans to access health care coverage. With Open Enrollment underway, people are actively logging onto healthcare.gov to shop for insurance coverage in 2026 and seeing massive”

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2. VA Home Loan Program Reform ActJuly 18, 2025

   NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Celebrates the Passage of Veterans Housing Bill

   “H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, included provisions from legislation authored by Blunt Rochester and U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.). The included provisions would increase the amount of the partial claim benefit available to veterans, provide additional assistance in the face of major disasters, and expand flexibility for the administration of the program.”

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3. One Big Beautiful Bill ActJune 11, 2025

   NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Cantwell, Commerce Committee Democrats Call for Regular Order on Dangerous and Damaging Commerce Title of Reconciliation Bill

   “H.R. 1, and now the Senate companion version, seeks to add trillions to the national debt to fund tax cuts to big corporations at the expense of health coverage for 16 million kids, seniors, people with disabilities, and families. Your legislation follows this same pattern by proposing big giveaways to corporations, while endangering national security, aviation safety, and weather forecasting,”

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4. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActApril 18, 2025

   NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Cantwell, Baldwin Demand Answers on Lutnick’s Failure to Protect Minority Business Development Agency

   “An explanation of how the Department’s actions regarding the MBDA are consistent with the Administration’s statutory obligations under the Minority Business Development Act of 2021 (Division K of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, P.L. 117-58).”

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5. Continuing the Reduction of the Federal BureaucracyApril 18, 2025

   NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Cantwell, Baldwin Demand Answers on Lutnick’s Failure to Protect Minority Business Development Agency

   “A complete description of all actions taken by the Department to comply with President Trump’s March 14, 2025, executive order, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy.”

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6. Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Workforce Optimization InitiativeApril 17, 2025

   NEWS: Senators Blunt Rochester and Gillibrand Demand Answers from HHS on Mass Firings that Imperil Primary Care and Maternal Health

   “On March 27, 2025, HHS announced a rushed and ill-conceived RIF in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order 14210, ‘Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative,’” the Senators wrote. “This is on top of the firing of seven percent of HRSA staff that occurred on February 14, 2025.”

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