WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, today participated in a hearing with Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. Senator Blunt Rochester pressed Secretary Bessent for answers and clarity on housing costs.

Senator Blunt Rochester has been a leader in addressing our nation's housing affordability crisis. In September, she introduced "The New Way Home Agenda: A Federal Framework to Address America's Housing Crisis (https://www.bluntrochester.senate.gov/press-releases/news-senator-blunt-rochester-announces-comprehensive-housing-agenda-charts-a-new-way-home-for-housing-policy/)," her...