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Lisa Blunt Rochester

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, United States House of Representatives

Education

  • Attended, International Relations, Villanova University
  • Masters, Urban Affairs/ Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2000-2003
  • BA, International Relations, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1982-1985

Professional Experience

  • Attended, International Relations, Villanova University
  • Masters, Urban Affairs/ Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2000-2003
  • BA, International Relations, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1982-1985
  • Former Intern/Caseworker, Congressman Tom Carper
  • Senior Executive Leadership & Systems Manager, Institute for Community Inclusion at UMASS at Boston
  • Author, THRIVE: 34 Women, 18 Countries, One Goal
  • Management Consultant, Blunt Consulting, 2006-2015
  • Former Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, 2004-2007
  • Former State Personnel Director, State of Delaware, 2001-2004
  • Former Secretary of Labor, State of Delaware, 1998-2001
  • Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Social Services, State of Delaware, 1993-1998

Political Experience

  • Attended, International Relations, Villanova University
  • Masters, Urban Affairs/ Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2000-2003
  • BA, International Relations, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1982-1985
  • Former Intern/Caseworker, Congressman Tom Carper
  • Senior Executive Leadership & Systems Manager, Institute for Community Inclusion at UMASS at Boston
  • Author, THRIVE: 34 Women, 18 Countries, One Goal
  • Management Consultant, Blunt Consulting, 2006-2015
  • Former Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, 2004-2007
  • Former State Personnel Director, State of Delaware, 2001-2004
  • Former Secretary of Labor, State of Delaware, 1998-2001
  • Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Social Services, State of Delaware, 1993-1998
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Delaware, District At-Large, 2017-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Delaware, District At-Large, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce

Member, Subcommittee on Energy (Energy and Commerce)

Member, Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change

Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce)

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Attended, International Relations, Villanova University
  • Masters, Urban Affairs/ Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2000-2003
  • BA, International Relations, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1982-1985
  • Former Intern/Caseworker, Congressman Tom Carper
  • Senior Executive Leadership & Systems Manager, Institute for Community Inclusion at UMASS at Boston
  • Author, THRIVE: 34 Women, 18 Countries, One Goal
  • Management Consultant, Blunt Consulting, 2006-2015
  • Former Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, 2004-2007
  • Former State Personnel Director, State of Delaware, 2001-2004
  • Former Secretary of Labor, State of Delaware, 1998-2001
  • Former Deputy Secretary of Health and Social Services, State of Delaware, 1993-1998
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Delaware, District At-Large, 2017-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Delaware, District At-Large, 2020
  • Co-Chair/Vice Presidential Vetting Committee Member, Joe Biden Presidential Campaign, 2020-present
  • Senior Fellow, University of Massachusetts, 2012-2015

Other Info

— Publications:

  • THRIVE: 34 Women, 19 Countries, One Goal

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No

Congress Bills
Speeches
Events

2020

Mar. 17
Covid-19 Telephone Town Hall

Tue 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

855-962-0991 or bluntrochester.house.gov/live