Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today praised President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal, saying it showed it was possible to...

DOVER, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons today announced his U.S. Service Academy nominations for the Class of 2016.  Four nominees — or top candidates — have secured the Senator’s...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, today offered strong support for a new Administration initiative to utilize game-changing innovations...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) today announced a total of $16.864 million in funding to deepen the Delaware River shipping channel. The U.S. Army...

WILMINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) announced $1,881,000 in funding for the dredging of the Nanticoke River. This funding will allow the...

WASHINGTON – Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Begich (D-AK), Chris Coons (D-DE) and seven Senate colleagues wrote the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency today, requesting responses to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, an original cosponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act and an ardent support of equal rights,...

Mr. President, last week President Obama unveiled his Startup America Legislative Agenda. It marked the one-year anniversary of his Startup America initiative, an ambitious, impressive, energetic national effort led by,...

WILMINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and U.S. Representative John Carney (all D-DE), all members of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, announced today that Frankford Volunteer Fire Company has...

WILMINGTON – Today, Sen. Tom Carper, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee that oversees the U.S. Postal Service, along with Gov. Jack Markell, Sen. Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all...