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Senator Coons voices support for appointment of former Senator Russ Feingold as Special Envoy to Great Lakes region

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, offered his support Tuesday for Secretary of State John Kerry's designation of former Senator Russ Feingold — who chaired the subcommittee from 2001 to 2003 and 2007 to 2011 — as Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region of Africa. “America can and should be playing a stronger role in the international community’s efforts to achieve peace in the...

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Floor Speech: Senator Coons urges colleagues to reform America’s broken immigration system – June 11, 2013
Floor Speech: Senator Coons calls on Republicans to end obstruction of highly qualified judicial nominee – May 23, 2013
Floor Speech: Welcoming Rabbi Beals as Guest Chaplain – May 23, 2013
Floor Speech: Senator Coons discusses impact of climate change on Delaware – April 22, 2013
Floor Speech: Senator Coons calls for protecting our local poultry industry – March 12, 2013
Floor Speech: Senator Coons calls on colleagues to find a balanced compromise to avert the sequester – February 28, 2013
Floor Speech: Senator Coons reintroduced the Startup Innovation Credit Act – January 31, 2013
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Floor Speech: Senator Coons calls for ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – November 27, 2012
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