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Father, husband, U.S. Senator from Delaware

Wilmington, DE
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Joined July 2008
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  1. 4 hours ago

    If you can’t make a cleanup this Saturday due to weather, stay safe and stay tuned at for ways you can help clean up your local beaches in the future.

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  2. 4 hours ago

    For those who can safely do so, you can help make this year even more productive than the last at the international coastal cleanup this Saturday. Visit to learn more. Together, we can achieve a positive future for our ocean.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    The International Coastal Cleanup began in 1986 with 2,800 volunteers recovering 124 tons of trash in Texas. Last year, nearly 800,000 volunteers combed lakes, rivers and beaches in 106 countries across the globe to collect over 10,000 tons of trash.

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    11 hours ago

    Check for weather-related news announcements from the State of Delaware on:

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  5. Retweeted
    Sep 12

    Wondering what you can do to prepare for a hurricane? Watch the video in the link below, from Public Health:

    Earlier today, DPH went live with Director Dr. Karyl Rattay and Trainer/Educator Trina Cale-Rosario, who shared important tips to help prepare for and any other storms that may impact Delaware this Hurricane season.
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  6. 6 hours ago

    Praying for everyone in the path of . Please stay alert and safe.

    A graphic with the NOAA seal on the top right, titled Surviving Catastrophic Flooding. It shows a house with a person standing on the roof calling 911. Key tips include: Do not attempt to travel in flooded areas. Do not stay in the attic, you could get trapped. Move to a higher floor with windows, bring your phone and supplies. If the highest floor becomes dangerous, get on the roof. Call 911.
    Please share this safety info for : 🔹If trapped in a building, go to the highest floor. 🔹Do not climb into a closed attic; you may get trapped by rising floodwater. 🔹Get on the roof only if necessary. 🚨Call 9-1-1 for emergencies.🚨
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  7. 6 hours ago

    Great to join the community for messages of change and transformation at this morning’s 8th Annual President’s Prayer Breakfast! Moving sermon from Rev. Erika Crawford of Dover’s Mt. Zion AME Church. – at MLK Student Center

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  8. Sep 13

    Empowering women across the globe to reach their full economic potential lifts up families and communities. Eager to work with my colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to pass the bipartisan Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act!

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  9. Sep 13

    Denying the official death toll in Puerto Rico and blaming Democrats rather than learning the hard lessons of Hurricane Maria and fully preparing for Hurricane Florence is another troubling example of our President blaming others rather than facing facts and leading responsibly.

    3000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000...
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  10. Sep 13

    At Kavanaugh hearing, Alicia Baker, a pastor in Indiana whose insurer denied coverage for her contraception, asks: “What happens to those who cannot pay for their birth control?"

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  11. Sep 13

    At Kavanaugh hearing, 13-year-old Jackson Corbin speaks about the importance of upholding the protections for people with preexisting conditions in the ACA: "I am privileged to represent 130 million people with preexisting conditions today.”

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  12. Sep 12

    I have more questions for Judge Kavanaugh after his Judiciary Committee hearings last week. He owes the American people answers. Read my written questions:

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  13. Sep 12

    At Kavanaugh hearing, Nixon’s WH counsel John Dean delivers powerful testimony: “There is much to fear from an unchecked president who is inclined to abuse his powers. That is a fact I can attest to from personal experience.”

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  14. Sep 11

    Honored to join a number of Delaware faith leaders tonight as part of the interfaith 9/11 service at Holy Rosary in Claymont. This annual event brings together the faith community for an evening of prayer and song in remembrance of those lives lost September 11, 2001. – at Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church

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  15. Sep 11

    On this anniversary, let us honor their memory by praying for those who continue to serve us at home and abroad, and rededicate ourselves to being a nation indivisible, committed to the core principles of our democracy. Thank you DMA for hosting this moving event.

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  16. Sep 11

    It was an honor to join students from the Delaware Military Academy this morning to remember those we lost on September 11, 2001.

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    Sep 10

    Along with partners and I’m asking that the gives new Delaware poultry farmers access to the funding they need to carry out practices that benefit the environment and our economy. Our letter to key congressional negotiators:

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    Sep 10

    .: I think Americans of all parties, particularly given our current context, should be concerned about Judge Kavanaugh’s decisions on presidential power.

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  19. Sep 10

    We have a lot more to do to make sure students from all backgrounds can access, afford, and graduate from higher education institutions with meaningful degrees.

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  20. Sep 10

    Below is the letter I wrote to the editor of requesting they make this change. It will help to encourage schools to shift their priorities to efforts that would improve outcomes for low-income students.

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