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...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday to debate a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. – As...
Mr. President, I rise today to share a feeling that many in my home state have expressed to me. I rise to share my frustration. It’s not just the frustration...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday in favor of maintaining payroll tax cuts for America’s middle class. – As Delivered on December...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today released the following statement on his votes against two proposed amendments to the Constitution mandating balanced budgets: “As we move to confront...
Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the career of the executive director of the Delaware Nature Society, Michael E. Riska. Mike is retiring this...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday to commemorate Delaware Day. Since 1933, governors of Delaware have proclaimed December...