Madam President, fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson challenged a joint session of Congress and the American people to begin a war on poverty. “Unfortunately,” President Johnson said, “many...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) voted on Tuesday for legislation to provide relief for states and struggling families by extending federal unemployment insurance benefits for three months. The...
DOVER, Del. – Committed to continuing to help out-of-work Delawareans find employment, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative John Carney in partnership with Brandywine Counseling and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Assistant Majority Leader and a member of...
Mr. President, I come to the floor once again to talk about manufacturing jobs. This week, under Senator Amy Klobuchar’s leadership, the Joint Economic Committee released a report that thoroughly and...
WASHINGTON – A week after the bill was passed by the House of Representatives, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with language written by U.S. Senator Chris...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) voted Thursday to approve the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA), the legislation authorizing Department of Defense operations for the coming fiscal...
WASHINGTON – With some military-retiree pensions now facing temporary reductions to their cost-of-living-adjustments in 2015, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) has cosponsored legislation that would repeal and replace those changes. ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced legislation Thursday to restore and improve the popular and successful Duck Stamp program, which provides funding to conserve wetlands habitat needed for...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the introduction of the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act on...