Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, welcomed today’s announcement of additional humanitarian and conflict prevention funding from the United...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee and the conference committee tasked with reconciling the budgets passed by the Senate and House of...

WASHINGTON – The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) approved by the House and being considered by the Senate this week includes language from legislation written by U.S. Senator Chris Coons...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) is working with a bipartisan group of senators to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA), legislation that funds social and nutritional services for...

WASHINGTON – A group of bipartisan leaders from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee have sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) announced his support Wednesday for the Protect Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, which aims to clarify the “Shared Responsibility” provision of the...

I am pleased to chair this hearing for the ambassadorial nominees to Angola, Mauritania, Zambia, and Gabon, a post which also includes the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. All...

WASHINGTON – The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) approved by the House and being considered by Senate this week includes a bipartisan amendment written by U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.)...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, introduced legislation today to help law enforcement locate missing adults and senior citizens with dementia. The...

Good afternoon. Today, the African Affairs Subcommittee will focus its attention on the Central African Republic, or “CAR.” CAR is a resource-rich but desperately poor country that seldom catches the...