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DOVER — Tens of millions of Americans could soon lose their health care or be forced to pay more for coverage if the Supreme Court rules against the Affordable Care Act, and millions of veterans would be among those hit hard, participants in a virtual forum emphasized today. Hosted by votevets.org, which describes itself as…

DELAWARE – Delaware Senator Tom Carper took part in a virtual conversation about the fate of veterans if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. The Supreme Court is expected to hold hearings on the Affordable Care Act November 10th. As Supreme Court confirmation hearings continue for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, some veterans have raised concerns about how she might rule…

My sister and I were born in a coal mining town in West Virginia, but we grew up in Danville, Virginia – the last capital of the Confederacy. As children, we saw racism and prejudice up close. In fact, back then, Virginia still had a poll tax in place. It was an insidious and obvious…

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…

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…