Press Releases

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons today encouraged Delawareans to shop at locally owned businesses tomorrow to mark Small Business Saturday. Recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Small...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, issued the following statement on Wednesday expressing deep concern about developments in Eastern...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney (all D-Del.) welcomed the announcement of the naming of the Naval submarine, the USS Delaware. In May, Delaware’s Congressional...

WILMINGTON, Del.  – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined two of his colleagues this week in introducing a bipartisan resolution to honor and celebrate the Indian festival of Diwali. “In...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) and Jim Langevin (D-RI-02) introduced the Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely (FAST) Voting Act of 2012 in the House of Representatives Thursday evening,...

Mr. COONS: Mr. President, like so many Americans, I stayed up late last Tuesday night to watch the election returns come in. It was 11:38 pm on the East Coast...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, introduced legislation Thursday to make substantial improvements in...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who worked with his Senate colleagues earlier this year to strengthen and advance the Cybersecurity Act...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) applauded the Senate’s progress in advancing S.3525, the Sportsmen’s Act, on Tuesday with a 92-5 vote to proceed to the bill. The legislation...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined 11 other Senators from states impacted by Superstorm Sandy in urging President Obama on Tuesday to amend the...