Press Releases

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) visited the Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) this afternoon to participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the facility’s new Specialty Care,...

WILMINGTON, Del. — With just one month before the deadline for Americans to file their federal income tax returns, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today reminded Delawareans of an array...

Mr. President, parents in my home state of Delaware and all across this country worry so much and work so hard for the future of their children – for their...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced legislation Thursday to help increase the number of low-income students able to access and complete a college education. The American Dream Accounts...

WASHINGTON – Four senators will today introduce a sense-of-the-Senate resolution demanding the government of Sudan allow immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to the Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions where...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry...

Wilmington, Del. — Senator Chris Coons released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated part of Japan’s coast, including Delaware’s sister state of Miyagi: “One...

WASHINGTON – With many Delawareans concerned about the rapid rise in gas prices, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today applauded President Obama’s announcement of a strategy for helping consumers and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement Tuesday on the passing of Wilmington civil rights leader, the Rev. Maurice J. Moyer. “I was saddened to learn...

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Representative John Carney (all D-Del.) commended the Obama Administration’s recent action to protect the Delmarva and U.S. poultry industries and...