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Coons, Cornyn, colleagues introduce bipartisan, bicameral bill to enhance judicial disclosure and transparency requirements

October 25, 2021

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Kennedy (R-La.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), along with Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Ranking... Continue Reading
Sens. Coons, Risch reiterate US support for Sudan’s transition, call for peaceful demonstrations tomorrow

October 20, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), member of the Subcommittee on African Affairs and chairman of the State and Foreign Operations (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate... Continue Reading
Sen. Coons secures Delaware wins in introduced government funding bills

October 20, 2021

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), the first Delaware senator in more than 40 years to serve on the Appropriations Committee, announced key provisions secured in Senate-proposed government funding legislation for Fiscal Year... Continue Reading

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A bipartisan infrastructure bill proves our democracy can still work

June 22, 2021

President Biden last week completed eight days overseas where he rallied western democracies around commitments to distribute vaccines to the world, combat climate change and rebuild the global economy from covid-19.While the president was abroad, a... Continue Reading

The World Is Watching. We Need to Hold Trump Accountable.

January 11, 2021

WASHINGTON — Jan. 6 was a dark day for American democracy. For only the second time in our republic’s history, our United States Capitol was ransacked, except this time it wasn’t by British troops. It was by a riotous mob of thugs, incited by our... Continue Reading

I’m voting against Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court – here’s why

October 15, 2020

Over the past several weeks, I have been flooded with calls, text messages and emails from Delawareans asking a simple question: Why is the Senate rushing to confirm President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court,... Continue Reading