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La Red Health Center gets $3.8M in federal funding from American Rescue Plan

May 04, 2021

WILMINGTON, Del. — Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, Sen. Chris Coons, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced La Red Health Center as the recipient of a $3.8 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human... Continue Reading
Coons, Carper urge Biden administration to expedite additional H-2B visas

April 30, 2021

WASHINGTON – After hearing from dozens of Delaware businesses about the need for additional H-2B visas, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons and Sen. Tom Carper (both D-Del.) joined a bipartisan group of senators in a letter urging the Department of Homeland... Continue Reading
Bipartisan lawmakers highlight One Trillion Trees Initiative on Arbor Day

April 30, 2021

WILMINGTON, Del. – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statements in celebration of Arbor Day. The three lawmakers have led efforts to support the... Continue Reading

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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
A Bipartisan Foreign Policy Is Still Possible

October 07, 2020

U.S. foreign policy is stronger when it enjoys bipartisan support. For the United States to play a steady, stabilizing role in world affairs, its allies and adversaries must know that its government speaks with one voice and that its policies won’t... Continue Reading