I never knew my Uncle Bob. He was my mom’s youngest brother, the youngest of five children born near the coal-mining town of Beckley, West Virginia to my grandparents, Ray and Effie Mae Patton. He died in 1944 at the age of 19 during a kamikaze attack in the western Pacific on his aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Suwanee. His body was […]
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Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons, both D-Delaware, joined Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, and 16 of their Senate colleagues in calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to ramp up coronavirus disease 2019 testing at VA facilities nationwide and establish a framework for a large-scale strategy for national testing. “In support of a nationwide testing strategy, […]
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, on April 29 asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler whether the private sector or others in the government are seeking relief from environmental rules that would last beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 17, EPA finalized an interim rule that […]
Delaware’s senior senator advocates further support for the struggling United States Postal Service during the coronavirus pandemic. With mail volume down across the country, the U.S. Postal Service is projecting financial shortfalls that may completely cripple the agency by the end of the year. Meanwhile, its workers are considered essential and continue to deliver and […]
Sen. Tom Carper , a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned Health and Human Services Secretary Alexander Azar on President Trump’s FY2021 budget proposal to cut HHS funding by nine percent and cut Medicaid and other safety net programs by over $1 trillion. This slash in funding comes at a time when millions […]
A member of Delaware’s Congressional delegation is pushing for greater action on climate change from the federal government. Sen. Tom Carper introduced a bill last week that would compel the Environmental Protection Agency to create a plan to bring the U.S. to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions no later than 2050. That’s what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
Delaware’s Senior U.S. Senator Tom Carper is calling for action in the Senate over climate change, citing sea level rise and the dangers he and others say it poses to the coastline of the country. Earlier this week, Senator Carper introduced the Clean Economy Act with 33 of his Senate colleagues, legislation that would jumpstart […]
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Delaware) welcomed leadership from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Port of Wilmington Monday. Delaware’s senior senator sought to spotlight some projects needed to help the port grow to Army Corps’ new North Atlantic Division Commander Major General Jeffrey Milhorn, and its new Philadelphia District Commander Lt. Col. David Park. The […]
Top Dem Urges Work on Reauthorization Bill WASHINGTON — A federal highway account at the center of the transportation funding debate on Capitol Hill would receive a lifeline under a new bipartisan proposal in the U.S. Senate. Sens. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) are leading an effort to create panels that would be […]
The mercury rule has protected Americans from dangerous pollution. Changing it threatens gains that include cleaner air and edible seafood. As former governors, we know that cleaner air means better health, a better economy and better jobs for the residents of our states. Today, thanks to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, children and families are […]
