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[VIDEO] Sen. Coons on relief package negotiations: “We are not making progress fast enough.”

August 06, 2020

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, this morning joined MSNBC to discuss the ongoing negotiations regarding the next relief... Continue Reading
Sen. Coons fighting for Delaware small business amid COVID-19 relief package negotiations

August 06, 2020

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, is working to include several of his small business priorities in the next COVID-19 relief package,... Continue Reading
Senators commemorate anniversary of 1998 Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania

August 06, 2020

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch (R-Idaho), and Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), along with Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chuck Grassley... Continue Reading

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Let’s double down on PPP and save America’s endangered small businesses

July 23, 2020

Along the Eastern Shore beaches that span our home states of Maryland and Delaware, the summer season – usually a boon to our economy – is a shadow of its normal self.Business owners in our beach towns typically endure losses for as many as 10 months... Continue Reading

Let’s honor Juneteenth by finally taking on systemic racism

June 19, 2020

Over the past month, millions of Americans have spoken out and marched in protest over the brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer. In every state across our nation, Americans have joined together to not only... Continue Reading

Kristol, Coons: Republicans should reject Trump's divisive approach to pandemic

May 07, 2020

One of us is a Democratic senator, who, though certainly willing to seek common ground across the aisle, has been a loyal Democrat all his adult life. The other voted Republican in every presidential election of his adult lifetime until 2016, and... Continue Reading