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Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester announce $66 Million CARES Act grant to Delaware Transit Corporation

April 03, 2020

WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced a $66,580,605 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act grant award to Delaware Transit... Continue Reading
Sens. Coons, Sanders push Trump Administration to get aid to nonprofits and small businesses

April 03, 2020

Senators to SBA Admin. Carranza: ‘Small businesses and nonprofits urgently need support—SBA must quickly implement CARES Act programs’Senators request release of guidance clarifying SBA’s plan to quickly implement urgently needed... Continue Reading
Carper, Coons, colleagues call for Social Security recipients to get CARES Act direct cash assistance without having to file tax return

April 01, 2020

WASHINGTON — While the CARES Act that the President signed into law last week ensured that the Treasury Department had the authority to send automatic direct cash assistance to Social Security beneficiaries regardless of whether... Continue Reading

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America's diplomats deserve our respect

March 20, 2020

Our Foreign and Civil Service patriots at the State Department are working the world over to protect the United States, advance our interests, and aid our allies and partners. They need and deserve leaders at home who – like them – are willing to do... Continue Reading

Coons and Fitzpatrick: It’s time for bipartisan support in combating climate change and rebuilding infrastructure

February 12, 2020

As a Republican from Pennsylvania and a Democrat from Delaware, we have more in common than you might expect. Aside from a shared devotion to the Philadelphia Eagles, we both believe that Congress can and must do more to combat climate change and... Continue Reading

Trump’s expanded travel ban is a grave foreign policy mistake

January 31, 2020

President Trump and his administration often justify their national security policies by posing a false choice to the American people: that we can either keep America safe or preserve our fundamental values.That was Trump’s core message in January... Continue Reading