WASHINGTON – A day after holding a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs on governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Senators Coons (D-Del.) and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a strong advocate for energy-efficiency policy, issued the following statement after Republicans in the House of Representatives inserted a rider into the ‘omnibus’...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Representative John Carney (all D-Del.) today congratulated Delaware on being one of just nine states to win federal funds in...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed his objections today to provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011, which the...
Mr. President, today I rise to express my deep concern that the 2012 National Department of Defense Authorization Act provisions pertaining to detainee treatment fail to strike the appropriate, important...
I am pleased to convene today’s hearing of the African Affairs Subcommittee and am honored to serve with my friend andcolleague, Senator Isakson. I would like to welcome members of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) delivers an opening statement at a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry hearing on Thursday in support of Michael Scuse’s nomination to...
Poultry is really the beating heart of the Delaware agricultural sector, but there are lots of other components to it. I just want to start by saying that I am...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today applauded progress on legislation he introduced last month to extend 30 temporary bankruptcy judgeships in...
SENATOR KIRK: Mr. President, too often we have a set-piece speeches in the Senate, without any resort to the traditional debate where two sides are equally dividing time, without a...