Press Releases

KAMPALA, Uganda – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, met on Sunday with AFRICOM Commander General Carter Ham and U.S. advisors...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons issued the following statement honoring America’s heroes in observance of Memorial Day. “Memorial Day provides a somber opportunity to pause and honor our...

WASHINGTON – President Obama signed into law the Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeship Extension Act on Friday, averting a crisis in America’s bankruptcy court system by reauthorizing 29 temporary judgeships in 14...

KAMPALA, Uganda – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, met with Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and leaders of the lesbian,...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement on the passing of former City of Wilmington Fire Chief James Ford: “The City of Wilmington has lost a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) participated in a roundtable discussion of ideas for strengthening the biotechnology-manufacturing sector on Wednesday. The meeting was hosted by the Senate Manufacturing Caucus,...

WASHINGTON – Speaking at an event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center on Wednesday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) praised new research that maps the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced bipartisan legislation, Startup Act 2.0, on Tuesday to help jumpstart the...

DOVER, Del. — More than 200 people visited Delaware State University on Monday for a free grant fair and workshop hosted by U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and...

Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of the bipartisan legislation to which the Senate will move to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration user fees and critical programs...