Delaware farmers will receive $693,560 from the USDA’s Discrimination Financial Assistance Program. The annexment was made Wednesday by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.).

The Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events or PUDDLE Act, aims to protect families from utility shut-offs during extreme weather by establishing moratoriums during heat waves and cold snaps. Delaware lawmakers say that as climate change drives more severe weather, this legislation seeks to fill a gap in protections that would impact over 164 million Americans.