Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary...

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, The Baltimore Sun profiled U.S. Senator Chris Coons’ (D-Del.) legislation to eliminate a tax penalty levied on student loans forgiven for families after...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 28 U.S. Senators—led by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) — wrote to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department to encourage the IRS...

WILMINGTON – Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act, which streamlines and reforms a number of federal affordable housing programs.  The bill is the House companion...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement after the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) passed the Senate last night. Senator Coons is an original...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of last summer’s nuclear agreement with Iran:...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chair of the Congressional Trademark Caucus and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, yesterday introduced a resolution designating July as the “National...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined his colleagues on the Senate floor to call out the Koch brothers and fossil fuel industry-funded groups that have fashioned a...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the statement below following yesterday’s tragic accident that claimed the life of Lewes firefighter Tim McClanahan. “I am heartbroken about the...