WILMINGTON — Senator Coons met last week with a group of employees at Verizon in Wilmington to learn more about the company’s investments in Delaware.
In addition to discussing the state of the economy and the work he was doing in Washington to try to get more Delawareans back to work, Chris was also given a tour of the Verizon network hub by Bill Allan, the President of Verizon Delaware.
The Senator was impressed by the variety of services and the work that more than 900 Verizon employees perform right here in the First State, including work to ensure that Verizon network in Delaware uniformly serves residents in every town with the same speed and security as is present in the City of Wilmington.
“Verizon’s operations in Delaware are impressive,” Chris said. “The men and women who work throughout the state have built a network that has enhanced the way Delawareans receive and share information. I enjoyed getting to know some of those people better and hearing about their plans for serving Delaware in the future.”
Chris expressed a keen interest in exploring Verizon’s fleet of vehicles, many of which are electric or use advanced biofuels. Alternative energy sources are something that Senator Coons has spent a lot of time working on in the Senate, and he was interested to learn that Verizon has the third largest corporate fleet in the United States — it has more than 400 cars, trucks, and vans in Delaware alone! Chris welcomed the news that Verizon purchases and experiments with a large number of hybrids and fuel-efficient vehicles.