Press Releases

WASHINGTON – The Senate agreed to an amendment introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to the bill that would fund the federal...

Good afternoon and please come to order.  Welcome to this hearing of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.  I welcome especially our witnesses and look forward to their...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the nomination of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez...

WILMINGTON, Del. — U.S. Senator Chris Coons released the following statement after AstraZeneca announced it was cutting 1,200 jobs — overwhelmingly research and development positions — in its Wilmington headquarters....

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Coons voted in the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday night for a budget resolution that takes a balanced and responsible approach to our nation’s fiscal...

WILMINGTON, DEL. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the National Guard Bureau today announced a collaborative effort to place AmeriCorps members in Delaware and locations across...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) today introduced a bipartisan amendment to the Continuing Resolution (CR) that would protect private sector jobs...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a longtime advocate of family engagement in education, was presented Thursday with the Parent Teacher Association’s 2013 Congressional Voice of Children Award for...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, voted Thursday to advance legislation to reduce gun violence to the Senate floor for a vote...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) participated in a roundtable discussion on Wednesday of ideas for creating public-private partnership that help prepare our workforce for well-paying jobs of the...