Governor John Carney on Thursday released the following statement on House Substitute 1 for House Bill 33, which passed in the Delaware State House and Senate.
There were 23 deaths with cerebrovascular disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Delaware during the week ending June 17, a 27.8% increase over the previous week.
On June 8, 2023, at the Senate Finance Committee hearing “Consolidation and Corporate Ownership in Health Care: Trends and Impacts on Access, Quality, and Costs,” U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), a senior member of the committee, highlighted the need for increased transparency of health care costs and quality outcomes.
Governor John Carney on Wednesday released the following statement on Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 1, which passed in the Delaware State House and Senate.
There were 13 deaths with chronic lower respiratory disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Delaware during the week ending June 17, an increase over the previous week.
Delaware's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
On June 8, 2023, at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing “FASTA Implementation and Optimizing the Efficient Use of Federal Property,” U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), a senior member of the committee, emphasized the lessons learned from the implementation of the Federal Assets Sale Transfer Act (FASTA).
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) teamed up with Saint Francis LIFE representatives and seniors to highlight his legislation, the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Part D Choice Act, which will help cut prescription drug costs for seniors.
Governor John Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney today joined State Librarian, Dr. Annie Norman, Harrington Public Library Director, Marleena Scott, and elected officials for a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new Harrington Public Library.
U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) spoke in Wilmington at the investiture ceremony of Judge Tamika Montgomery-Reeves who will serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after voting for the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which passed the Senate by a vote of 63-36.