Press Releases

10 senators unveil legislation to fix unemployment relief for self-employed and ‘gig’ workers The Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act would ensure independent workers and self-employed Americans with both 1099...

WILMINGTON, Del. — U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) wrote a letter urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to prioritize a pediatric COVID-19 research agenda, concerned with how little is...

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), the Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for the Election Assistance Commission,...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement on the passing of Air Force Maj. Gen. Carol A. Timmons (Retired). “With a career spanning 42-plus years...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and 32 of their colleagues in urging the United States Department...

DOVER, Del. – Today, U.S. Sens. Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) celebrated the groundbreaking of a $41.2M maintenance hangar for C-5M Super Galaxy and...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced that four additional Senators are cosponsoring their bipartisan legislation to encourage states to stop debt-based driver’s license...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced that the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $1.8 million...

WASHINGTON – Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today wrote a letter to President Trump, urging him to drop plans to reduce the level of U.S. troops based...

Sen. Coons brings Delaware voices to Senate Law Enforcement Caucus event to find ways to improve police-community relations Delaware and national law enforcement, community groups, and civil rights organizations join...