Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement today on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation of Rich Andrews to be U.S. District Judge for the State of Delaware:...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Rep. John Carney (all D-Del.) announced more than $7 million in awards to the University of Delaware to help accelerate research...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Tuesday praised the Senate’s successful 93-5 cloture vote on the House version of the America Invents Act, a comprehensive bill designed to...

WILMINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) announced a $723,900 grant award to Sussex County to extend the main runway at the Sussex County Airport in Georgetown, Del. This...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today called on Congress to focus intently on job creation when it returns to Washington next week, and released his own “Blueprint...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Tom Carper and U.S. Rep. John Carney today joined Governor Jack Markell, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Secretary...

WILMINGTON, Del. — U.S. Senator Chris Coons hosted a 75-minute roundtable discussion with 12 small business leaders on Wednesday afternoon to listen to their concerns about the economic recovery and...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Representative John Carney (all D-Del.) today announced a total of $28,300,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding for Delaware...

WILMINGTON, Del. — U.S. Senator Chris Coons hosted a 90-minute roundtable discussion with a dozen small business leaders in Newark on Thursday morning to consider ideas for helping Delaware’s high-tech,...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Representative John Carney today announced a total of $480,000 in federal funding for the Delaware Department of Services for...