Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today voted against a four-year extension of the Patriot Act, calling instead for a one-month extension that would allow more substantive debate and...

I am disappointed that my unanimous consent request was not agreed to, and I would like to explain my action here today, and the comments that I am about to...

WILMINGTON, Del. – To help Delawareans looking for work during this difficult economic time, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative John Carney (all D-Del.) will host...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today offered his support for a new $500 million Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge competitive grant program to help states improve and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, issued the following statement in response to the clashes in Sudan in the...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today released the third installment of his “Correspondence from the Commute” video series, in which he responds with personalized video messages to a sampling of...

WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) signed onto a letter, along with 39 of their Senate colleagues, supporting President Barack Obama’s decision to insist that Congress agree to extend Trade...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) praised the Senate’s passage by unanimous consent of a one-year extension of the Small Business Innovation Research program and the Small Business Technology...

I am pleased to chair today’s Africa subcommittee hearing on the next steps in Cote d’Ivoire.  I am privileged to serve with my friend Senator Isakson and want to take...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the failure of the Senate to invoke cloture on the nomination...