Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, praised the Senate’s passage of legislation late last...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) praised a report by the New America Foundation showing that children can be more successful at saving for college when it starts early...

NAIROBI, Kenya – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, today toured Ecosandals, a company co-founded by Delaware native Matt Meyer in...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Education announced it had granted Delaware a waiver from select No Child...

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,...