Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), co-sponsored the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act, a bill to close a loophole that allows semi-automatic weapons...

Wilmington, DE – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), spoke on the Senate floor today to honor the life of firefighting legend Lou Amabili. Lou, a 70-year veteran with Hockessin Fire...

Sen. Coons discusses Delaware Dreamers studying at the University of Delaware and Delaware State University Sen. Coons to Dreamers: “It is my hope that today we can send a message…that...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Gill v. Whitford. “Partisan gerrymandering is dividing our communities, eroding the...

WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution reaffirming the United States-Liberia partnership and calling for free, fair, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), a member of the Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations Committees, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to significantly cut refugee resettlements....

“There was no greater ally of firefighters in Delaware or across the country than Lou. His remarkable 70-plus years of service to Hockessin Fire Company and his more than thirty...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Governor John Carney released the following joint statement regarding relief efforts in...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) joined a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos expressing extreme dismay with her decision to revoke...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), led by Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and...