Press Releases

WASHINGTON – In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk Wednesday, U.S. Senators Chris Coons and Tom Carper (both D-Del.) led a bipartisan group of 19 senators in urging...

WASHINGTON – After twice calling for a thorough and transparent review of election results in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last week, the chairman and ranking member of...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, will host a half-day conference on sustainable development and trade with Africa on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the Senate voted 89 to 10 to extend a tax cut for middle-class families, and continue emergency federal...

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...