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REMARKS: Senator Coons pushes to ensure pay for military personnel, intel community continues during shutdown

October 30, 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) went to the Senate floor today to introduce and ask for unanimous consent to immediately pass his Armed Forces Pay Act, legislation that would ensure military personnel continue to receive pay during the... Continue Reading
Senator Coons, Colleagues on Violence in Sudan

October 30, 2025

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), SFRC chairman and ranking member, along with Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Todd Young (R-Ind.),... Continue Reading
Senators Coons, Bennet Statement on President Trump’s Concessions to President Xi

October 30, 2025

WASHINGTON — Delaware U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement on President Donald... Continue Reading

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The PACT Act finally meets 'our sacred obligation' to Delaware veterans

August 18, 2022

By Sens. Chris Coons and Tom Carper, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Vince Kane “Our sacred obligation.” That’s how our friend and commander-in-chief, President Joe Biden, describes the debt we owe those who have served the United... Continue Reading

Targeted sanctions can help restore democracy in Sudan

February 28, 2022

WASHINGTON — In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and The Sentry’s John Prendergast published an op-ed in Foreign Policy today discussing the future of Sudan as the Sudanese people continue to push for... Continue Reading
How Biden’s faith-based office has advanced his vow to heal the soul of the nation

February 14, 2022

WASHINGTON — In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) published an op-ed in Religion News Service commemorating the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s re-establishment of the White House Office of... Continue Reading