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How often we called Lisa Blunt Rochester's passage votes correctly, from their stated positions on each bill's tagged topics. Excludes “unclear” calls and abstentions.
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to enact public financing systems for political campaigns.
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118-hr-2·Consistent
Secure the Border Act of 2023
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What they said
Apr 28, 2026
The lawmakers and advocates call on the Supreme Court to uphold Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals from Haiti, Venezuela, Syria, and other countries in crisis, and urge Congress to advance legislative solutions to stabilize the care workforce that relies heavily on TPS holders.
The statement explicitly opposes ending Temporary Protected Status and calls for Congress to advance legislative solutions to protect TPS holders. The Secure the Border Act of 2023 is a restrictive immigration bill focused on border wall construction and asylum limits, with no provisions protecting or extending TPS. The representative voted no on passage, which is consistent with the stated position defending TPS and opposing restrictive immigration measures.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's 74 percent funding cuts to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, arguing that reduced broadband investment will exacerbate digital divides and limit rural communities' participation in an AI-driven economy.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes cuts to broadband funding and emphasizes the importance of broadband investment for rural communities and economic participation. The Limit, Save, Grow Act implements broad discretionary spending cuts across FY2024-FY2033, which would encompass reductions to broadband programs like BEAD. Her NO vote on passage is consistent with her stated opposition to broadband funding cuts, though the bill's broad spending-reduction scope means her vote reflects opposition to the overall fiscal framework rather than a targeted response to BEAD specifically.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's repeal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants and supports legislation to extend TPS protections for Haitians, citing ongoing civil unrest, gang violence, natural disasters, and humanitarian concerns.
Senator Blunt Rochester's statement opposes terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants and advocates for extending TPS protections based on humanitarian and safety concerns. The bill she voted for bars certain non-U.S. nationals from seeking immigration-related relief and protections, including asylum and protection from deportation to dangerous countries. These positions point in opposite directions on the specific question of whether vulnerable foreign nationals should retain access to U.S. immigration protections.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's repeal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants and supports legislation to extend TPS protections for Haitians, citing ongoing civil unrest, gang violence, natural disasters, and humanitarian concerns.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions and supports extending TPS protections for vulnerable populations. The Secure the Border Act of 2023 focuses on border wall construction and asylum restrictions—provisions that align with restrictive immigration enforcement rather than humanitarian protections for TPS beneficiaries. Her NO vote is consistent with her stated opposition to restrictive immigration policies and support for protecting vulnerable immigrant populations.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's repeal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants and supports legislation to extend TPS protections for Haitians, citing ongoing civil unrest, gang violence, natural disasters, and humanitarian concerns.
Senator Blunt Rochester's statement opposes the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions and supports extending TPS protections for vulnerable populations. The Laken Riley Act mandates detention of non-U.S. nationals arrested for property crimes and authorizes states to sue over immigration enforcement decisions. These represent opposing approaches to immigration policy: the statement advocates for humanitarian protections and discretionary relief, while the bill tightens enforcement and detention requirements. The senator's NO vote on passage is consistent with her stated opposition to restrictive immigration policies.
Senators Blunt Rochester and Murray oppose Republican efforts to restrict abortion access and reproductive healthcare, arguing that the Dobbs decision and subsequent state bans have harmed women and families. They call for federal legislation to protect abortion access nationwide and restore reproductive rights.
Senator Blunt Rochester's statement opposes Republican efforts to restrict abortion access and reproductive healthcare, characterizing such efforts as harmful to women. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act establishes criminal penalties for healthcare practitioners who fail to provide specified care to children born alive after abortion attempts. Her NO vote on passage is consistent with her stated opposition to Republican abortion restrictions, as she views this bill as part of the Republican agenda to limit abortion access and constrain reproductive healthcare. The bill's framing as a criminal enforcement mechanism aligns with her characterization of Republican efforts as attacks on reproductive rights.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's 74 percent funding cuts to the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, arguing that reduced broadband investment will exacerbate digital divides and limit rural communities' participation in an AI-driven economy.
Senator Blunt Rochester opposes Trump administration cuts to the BEAD Program and advocates for broadband investment to close digital divides. The E-BRIDGE Act authorizes Commerce Department grants for rural broadband projects through public-private partnerships, directly advancing broadband expansion in underserved areas. Her yes vote aligns with her stated position supporting broadband investment. However, the E-BRIDGE Act uses a different funding mechanism (new grant authority) than BEAD (existing program funding), and the bill does not explicitly address or reverse the BEAD cuts she criticized, creating some granularity mismatch between the specific policy concern and the bill's approach.
The senators support increased federal funding for evidence-based workforce development programs to improve employment outcomes and economic mobility for workers, particularly those without college degrees.
Both the statement and bill address federal workforce development funding and programs to improve employment outcomes for workers. The statement emphasizes evidence-based and innovative programs through a new Workforce Development Innovation Fund, while the bill reauthorizes and modifies existing WIOA programs (Job Corps, adult education, One-Stop services) through FY2030. The rep's YES vote aligns with the stated support for expanding workforce development, though the bill focuses on reauthorizing established programs rather than creating new innovation-focused funding mechanisms as the statement proposes.
Senator Blunt Rochester and the Senate Democratic Caucus introduced a resolution recognizing Black Women's Equal Pay Day to highlight wage disparities between Black women and white men, and to reaffirm commitment to closing pay gaps through federal action.
Senator Blunt Rochester's statement emphasizes federal action to close wage disparities for Black women through policy initiatives and workforce development support. H.R. 6655 reauthorizes and modifies workforce development programs (Job Corps, WIOA grant programs, adult education) that directly support employment and training opportunities for disadvantaged populations, including Black women. The YES vote on a bill that expands and improves federal workforce programs aligns with the stated commitment to federal action on economic opportunity and closing pay gaps. However, the bill does not specifically address wage discrimination or equal pay enforcement—it focuses on workforce development infrastructure—so the alignment is directional rather than on the identical specific question.
Pairs with ambiguous language and high uncertainty are withheld until more data is available. Procedural, cloture, and amendment votes are excluded — they don't cleanly signal substantive support or opposition.
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Crossing the aisle
Passage votes where Lisa Blunt Rochester broke ranks with ≥75% of Democrats. Threshold catches substantively partisan splits; unanimous-ish or close votes are excluded.
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118-hr-1516·Sep 10, 2024·82% of D voted NO
DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act
ICYMI: Blunt Rochester, Curtis Call for AI Hearings, Regulation
Position: Senators Blunt Rochester and Curtis are calling for congressional hearings with AI company executives to examine AI system capabilities and safety, and for swift public hearings on potential AI regulatory solutions in response to recent cybersecurity incidents involving unauthorized model access.
U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and John Curtis (R-Utah), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, sent a letter to Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), leadership of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, urging them to convene a hearing with executives from leading AI companies on the capabilities and safety of developing AI systems. The Senators also released a joint statement calling for swift public congressional hearings on potential AI regulatory solutions.
On August 6, 2026, and August 7, 2026, Senator Blunt Rochester sent letters to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, regarding recent cybersecurity incidents in which the companies’ models gained unauthorized access to the internet and launched direct attacks on people and real-world targets. The letters sought information about the circumstances surrounding the incidents, the design and security of the testing environments in which they occurred, the capabilities demonstrated by the models, and the safeguards the companies have implemented or plan to implement to prevent similar incidents.
STATEMENT: Blunt Rochester Slams Trump Economy Amid First Interest Rate Hike in Three Years
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's economic policies, arguing that tariffs and military actions have driven up energy and consumer prices, and calls for policies focused on reducing costs for families.
U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today issued the following statement reacting to the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates for the first time in three years:
“While I’m glad Federal Reserve Chair Warsh has stayed true to his word to operate independently, today’s decision to raise interest rates underscores a painful reality: The Trump economy is failing Americans. Everyday essentials like gas and groceries are getting more expensive. Trump’s illegal war in Iran has pushed energy prices higher, while the Trump tariffs are squeezing household budgets even more. Families should not have to suffer the consequences of the president’s poor economic policies. It’s time for President Trump to put the needs of American families first and finally focus on bringing costs down.”
NEWS: Blunt Rochester, Curtis Call for AI Hearings, Regulation
Position: Senators call for immediate public congressional hearings on AI development and regulation to inform lawmakers on potential regulatory solutions, emphasizing the need for safeguards that maintain U.S. competitiveness while ensuring AI systems remain under human control.
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, issued the following joint statement calling for swift public congressional hearings to inform lawmakers on potential AI regulatory solutions:
“Americans deserve representation in Congress that is not only well-informed on cutting-edge AI development but also has the wherewithal to cross the aisle and overcome political pressures to address the concerns these technologies pose.
“That is why we are calling for immediate public hearings to bring lawmakers, model makers, and other stakeholders into the same room and work through solutions that maintain America’s competitive edge in development while ensuring that these technologies serve human interests and remain fully under human control. In the meantime, Congress must ensure necessary safeguards are in place.
“At the end of the day, technology must be wholly designed to improve our lives, further opportunities for rising generations, and let the human spirit prevail. With no clear partisan divide on this issue, there is an opportunity to prove that Congress is functional, cooperative, and that it can deliver on what is becoming the hallmark issue of our time.”
On August 6, 2026, and August 7, 2026, Senator Blunt Rochester sent letters to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, regarding recent cybersecurity incidents in which the companies’ models gained unauthorized access to the internet, launched direct attacks on people and real-world targets.
The letters sought information about the circumstances surrounding the incidents, the design and security of the testing environments in which they occurred, the capabilities demonstrated by the models, and the safeguards the companies have implemented or plan to implement to prevent similar incidents. Blunt Rochester received responses from all three companies that identified failures or misconfigurations in testing infrastructure as contributing factors and described steps to strengthen safeguards. OpenAI and Anthropic also identified concerning model behavior, including models pursuing objectives beyond intended boundaries and broader alignment failures. Meta, by contrast, maintained that its model operated within the scope of its assigned task based on the instructions and environment it encountered.
Response letters from the companies can be found below.
ICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Joined State Leaders for Signing of Key Maternal Health Legislation
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester supports legislation requiring hospitals to create discharge plans for pregnant patients and advocates for expanded maternal health services to address maternal health disparities.
Newark, DE — Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, joined Delaware state leaders last week to sign Senate Bill 301 (SB 301)— requiring in-state hospitals to create discharge plans for pregnant patients experiencing labor symptoms. SB 301 models the Women Expansion of Learning and Labor Safety Act (WELLS Act), brought forth by Senator Blunt Rochester and Congresswoman Robin Kelly.
The passage of this legislation is one of the most recent collaborations where Delaware Federal and State leaders focus on expanding access to maternal health care. Senator Blunt Rochester has partnered with SB 301 sponsors, State Senator Marie Pinkney and Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown, for years, on policies that directly address the maternal health crisis — including The Momnibus, which was also mirrored and enacted in the First State.
“I was honored to stand by my partners in progress — Senator Marie Pinkney and Speaker Minor Brown— to celebrate the signing of Senate Bill 301. This legislation builds off our efforts in Congress to save lives by ending the maternal health crisis,” said U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester. “The work continues as we strive to give moms and families the support, they need to be healthy, from the first trimester to the fourth trimester.”
Senator Blunt Rochester introduced the WELLS Act, as part of a legislative package aimed to strengthen healthcare services for pregnant and postpartum moms, and reduce inequitable maternal health outcomes.
NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Joins Markey, Colleagues to Demand Education Department Withdraw Proposed Rule Gutting Equity Assistance Centers
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester and colleagues oppose the Department of Education's proposed rule to dismantle the Equity Assistance Centers program, arguing that eliminating these centers undermines federal civil rights enforcement and leaves schools without resources to address segregation and inequality.
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) joined Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and other colleagues in writing to Linda McMahon, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, to condemn the agency’s efforts to gut the Equity Assistance Centers (EACs), which provide free technical assistance to school districts, states, and communities to prepare, adopt, and implement plans to desegregate public schools in compliance with federal civil rights law.
The Department of Education’s decision to dismantle the EACs with its proposed rule, “Rescinding the Equity Assistance Center Program Regulations,” upends a longstanding congressionally funded program and joins similar actions from the Administration in destroying civil rights enforcement infrastructure. As a result, schools, students, and parents will be left without these resources at a time of persistent segregation and growing inequality.
In the letter, the lawmakers wrote, “As with other efforts to erode federal civil rights oversight and enforcement, ED’s proposed rule is ‘like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.’ While the rule claims to offer ‘flexibility’ in desegregation compliance efforts, the Administration’s actions reveal that its goal is to throw away the umbrella, not find a raincoat instead. We urge the Department to withdraw this proposed rule, ensure that the federal government upholds the civil rights of all students, and work to ensure all students can attend schools that are not segregated.”
Co-signers of the letter include Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).
The full letter can be found here.
STATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester Releases Statement on Russia Sanctions Vote
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester supports sanctions on Russia and aid to Ukraine but opposes the Lindsay Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 because it expands presidential tariff authority without adequate constraints, which she argues would harm the U.S. economy and families.
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released the following statement on the Lindsay Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026:
“Let me be clear: I fully support sanctioning Russia and helping the Ukrainian government and its people protect their sovereignty, and I have consistently voted to support Ukraine. However, this bill seeks to solve one problem by worsening another. It dramatically expands the president’s tariff authority at a time when he has demonstrated an irresponsible use of it.
“While I don’t support the bill in its current form, it would have received my support if any of the meaningful bipartisan amendments introduced by my colleagues had been adopted. Most notably, the Paul-Wyden amendment – which I cosponsored – would have struck the excessive tariff provisions while maintaining the sanctions in the legislation.
“For over a year, this president has unilaterally leveraged tariff authorities to bully allies and serve himself with no regard for the economic consequences. The reckless, arbitrary tariffs he’s already imposed have dramatically raised prices for families and small businesses. It is evident that if this administration is entrusted with this authority, it will likely be abused. Given this reality, we should consider more narrowly targeted ways to curtail foreign demand for Russian oil and gas and support the Ukrainian resistance without putting the American economy at risk.
“American families are suffering enough in this economy. With them in mind and without proper guardrails on the president's tariff authority clearly enshrined in the bill, I voted no.”
ICYMI: Senator Blunt Rochester Presses Big Tech Companies on Recent Autonomous Hacking Incidents
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester calls for federal oversight of frontier AI systems, including mandatory testing standards, containment requirements, and disclosure obligations for advanced AI model evaluations, citing recent autonomous hacking incidents by major tech companies' models.
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent letters to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, regarding recent cybersecurity incidents in which the companies’ models gained unauthorized access to the internet, autonomously hacked third party systems, and even launched direct attacks on people and real-world targets.
The letters seek clarity on the cybersecurity breaches, development of testing environments, future capabilities of advanced AI models, and the companies’ internal safeguards to prevent additional incidents.
“These incidents mark the first publicly confirmed instances of a frontier AI model autonomously launching unauthorized attacks on real people and companies, underscoring the urgent need for federal oversight of frontier AI systems,” wrote Senator Blunt Rochester in a letter to OpenAI. “OpenAI models’ repeated attacks on third parties with no knowledge of, or role in, the company’s internal evaluations demonstrate an alarming pattern of malicious behavior. We cannot wait for a more consequential incident before establishing federal testing standards, containment requirements, and disclosure obligations for frontier model evaluations. Left unaddressed, these gaps could allow a future model, potentially one with greater capability or less oversight, to compromise critical infrastructure, financial systems, or sensitive data.”
In a letter to Anthropic, Blunt Rochester wrote, “I appreciate Anthropic’s voluntary review of its cybersecurity evaluations and public disclosure of the findings, and I encourage other companies to follow suit. However, these incidents demonstrate the potential risks of deploying pre-release models internally, particularly when safeguards are reduced, even when strictly for testing and evaluation.”
In a letter to Meta, Blunt Rochester concluded, “In each scenario, without specific tasking direction, the models gained internet access and independently planned and executed an attack on a live third-party system. This is precisely the kind of emergent, autonomous behavior and offensive cyber capability that Congress, the intelligence community, and experts have repeatedly warned could outpace existing safeguards and could pose a severe threat to the safety and security of all Americans.”
The full text of the letter to OpenAI can be found HERE. The letter to Anthropic can be found HERE. The letter to Meta can be found HERE.
STATEMENT: Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester to Oppose Todd Blanche's Nomination for Attorney General
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester opposes Todd Blanche's nomination as Attorney General, citing concerns about his commitment to the rule of law, impartiality, and potential politicization of the Department of Justice.
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) today released the following statement opposing Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as United States Attorney General:
“Todd Blanche said it himself – he serves one person: Donald Trump. I have absolutely no confidence that he will respect the rule of law, remain impartial, or honorably serve the American people. Throughout the confirmation process, he has committed to restricting abortion access, restated his blind allegiance to the president, and defended Trump’s slush fund for January 6th rioters. His letter to the committee does not convince me that he will uphold his new position.
“I opposed his nomination as Deputy AG over a year ago, and I will do the same now. Nothing he said throughout the confirmation process gave me confidence that he would not weaponize the Department of Justice to serve the president. The American people deserve an Attorney General who values the rule of law above all else – that is not Mr. Blanche.”
NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Presses OpenAI and Anthropic on Recent Autonomous Hacking Incidents
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester calls for federal oversight of frontier AI systems, including mandatory testing standards, containment requirements, and disclosure obligations for AI model evaluations, citing recent autonomous hacking incidents by OpenAI and Anthropic models.
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today sent letters to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, regarding recent cybersecurity incidents in which the companies’ models gained unauthorized access to the internet, autonomously hacked third party systems, and even launched direct attacks on people and real-world targets.
The letters seek clarity on the cybersecurity breaches, development of testing environments, future capabilities of advanced AI models, and the companies’ internal safeguards to prevent additional incidents.
“These incidents mark the first publicly confirmed instances of a frontier AI model autonomously launching unauthorized attacks on real people and companies, underscoring the urgent need for federal oversight of frontier AI systems,” wrote Senator Blunt Rochester in a letter to OpenAI. “OpenAI models’ repeated attacks on third parties with no knowledge of, or role in, the company’s internal evaluations demonstrate an alarming pattern of malicious behavior. We cannot wait for a more consequential incident before establishing federal testing standards, containment requirements, and disclosure obligations for frontier model evaluations. Left unaddressed, these gaps could allow a future model, potentially one with greater capability or less oversight, to compromise critical infrastructure, financial systems, or sensitive data.”
In a letter to Anthropic, Blunt Rochester wrote, “I appreciate Anthropic’s voluntary review of its cybersecurity evaluations and public disclosure of the findings, and I encourage other companies to follow suit. However, these incidents demonstrate the potential risks of deploying pre-release models internally, particularly when safeguards are reduced, even when strictly for testing and evaluation.
“In each scenario, without specific tasking direction, the models gained internet access and independently planned and executed an attack on a live third-party system. This is precisely the kind of emergent, autonomous behavior and offensive cyber capability that Congress, the intelligence community, and experts have repeatedly warned could outpace existing safeguards and could pose a severe threat to the safety and security of all Americans.”
The full text of the letters to OpenAI can be found HERE. The letter to Anthropic can be found HERE.
NEWS: Senator Blunt Rochester Slams Trump Administration Attempt to Dismantle Department of Education
Position: Senator Blunt Rochester opposes the Trump administration's plan to transfer the Office for Civil Rights from the Department of Education to the Department of Justice, arguing that such a transfer would harm students with disabilities by eliminating individualized complaint resolution and oversight.
"This administration's interagency agreements will harm students with disabilities.”
Click here to watch Senator Blunt Rochester’s remarks.
U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, today participated in a spotlight hearing on the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education and efforts to move the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Blunt Rochester questioned witnesses on how these attempts will harm students with disabilities.
In a recent HELP Committee Executive Session, Blunt Rochester offered an amendment to prevent the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Education from being transferred to another Federal Agency. Republicans blocked consideration of the amendment.
Senator Blunt Rochester’s questions can be found here, and a key excerpt can be found below:
Senator Blunt Rochester: “Can you compare OCR's model to how the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division processes discrimination cases and say why that difference matters, and specifically why it matters for students with disabilities?”
Mr. Galanter: “Both the roles that DOJ and OCR play are incredibly important, but they are quite distinct. The special role that OCR plays is particularly valuable for parents and students who don't have access to resources, who don't have access to lawyers, or who simply have a complaint and need help, and the OCR complaint process is one of the few places in the federal government that they can go in an education setting and get an individualized response.
“DOJ performs an incredibly valuable function at a systems level. They look and they get lots of complaints, and they sift through them, looking for patterns, looking for you know great great facts or you know novel questions of law that they want to establish a new rule on, and they work aggressively to vindicate the rights of kids.
“But they do it at a macro level. They do it in cases that takes years that lead to settlements that say 90% of kids should get X within you know two years, or you know we want substantial compliance with this by 2030, and that's great for the system. But for an individual parent who's part of the 10% who's not getting the immediate relief, they could always come to OCR.
“There's no plan that they've revealed to explain how they're going to transfer these functions, which requires hundreds of investigators and attorneys experienced in education law, and move it to an agency that, as we know, has already itself been depleted of a lot of its existing expertise, and bringing in a whole new function with a whole different mindset, a different culture that's needed to reach these individual resolutions in so many individual fact-specific cases.”
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Top PAC donors · 2026 cycle
Political action committees that gave the most to this rep's principal campaign committee this cycle. PAC giving is direct organizational support — industry, ideological, or leadership.
1.MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE5 contributions$25,000
2.UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Labor3 contributionsTrade-union PAC for United Association plumbers and pipefitters — backs prevailing-wage protections, federal infrastructure funding, project labor agreements, and apprenticeship programs.AI$15,000
3.NATIONAL REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE3 contributions$15,000
4.AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTON COMMITTEE3 contributions$15,000
5.BLACKROCK FUNDS SERVICES GROUP LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE3 contributions$15,000
6.THE HOME DEPOT INC. PACBusiness3 contributionsRetail corporation PAC — supports candidates aligned with business-friendly policies on labor, tax, and regulatory matters.AI$15,000
7.UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC (UPSPAC)3 contributions$15,000
8.UBS AMERICAS INC. PACFinance2 contributionsPAC of UBS Americas, the U.S. subsidiary of Swiss banking and financial-services firm UBS. Backs candidates and policies supporting capital markets, banking regulation, and financial-sector interests.AI$10,000
9.LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PACLabor2 contributionsTrade-union PAC for construction laborers — backs prevailing-wage standards, infrastructure investment, apprenticeship programs, and project labor agreements.AI$10,000
10.UAW V CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM)2 contributions$10,000
Source: OpenFEC (api.open.fec.gov) Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “committee.” Aggregated by contributing committee. Self-transfers from joint-fundraising / victory committees are excluded.
Top individual contributors · 2026 cycle
Itemized individual contributions over $200 to this rep's campaign committee, aggregated by donor employer. PAC giving is shown above; this section is people, not organizations.
1.APOLLO GLOBAL MANGEMENT$7,000
2.APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC$6,000
3.GENNX 360$5,250
4.AURORA PICTURES$5,000
5.ROCKET COMPANIES LLC$5,000
6.MOONLIGHT PROPERTIES$5,000
7.OCEAN ATLANTIC COMPANIES$5,000
8.THE PARTNERSHIP INC.$3,500
9.DEVOTED HEALTH INC.$3,500
10.MATTHEWS HOLDINGS SW$3,500
Source: OpenFEC Schedule A receipts where contributor type is “individual,” aggregated by the donor's self-reported employer. This is a geographic / industry correlation, not a corporate endorsement.
