Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, today praised the full committee’s adoption of several important bills on clean...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), will chair the second panel of next Wednesday’s hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider legislation that would repeal the Defense of...

I rise today, as have so many other senators, because I’m concerned.  I’m concerned about what I have been hearing about the threat of default has now just over three...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) spoke on the floor today about the devastating impact a default crisis would have on America’s economy, calling on his colleagues to work...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, asked that the following statement be entered into the record for Wednesday’s committee hearing...

Mr. Chairman, nearly 17 years after its original passage, it’s hard to imagine America without the Violence Against Women Act and the remarkable impact it has had on the safety...

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan team of Senators and Representatives introduced bills in both chambers of Congress Tuesday to strengthen America’s fight against pulmonary fibrosis, which claims the lives of 40,000...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, issued the following statement welcoming independence for the Republic of South Sudan. “This is...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) spoke on the floor today about the urgent need to reach a bipartisan budget compromise in order to avoid a default crisis. –...

Madam President, I rise to follow the comments of my colleague from Colorado in emphasizing the sense of urgency — the sense of frustration and of deep concern that I...