Press Releases

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today joined a group of 27 senators calling on the President to fulfill the Administration’s commitment to resettle at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senators Tom Carper (DE), Chris Coons (DE), and Gary Peters (MI) today sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting additional information on innovative payment provider...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee passed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which included important bipartisan legislation that will help U.S. universities strengthen their engineering programs to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) today applauded Senate passage of the Energy and Water Appropriations bill. This annual spending bill for the country’s energy and...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee passed bipartisan legislation to allow awardees of federal research and development grants to use a greater portion of their funding on...

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama hosted U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) at the White House for an Oval Office ceremony to sign into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) and U.S. Representative John Carney (D-Del.) applauded an announcement from U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman that the United...

Thursday, May 5 at 7 a.m. – The Senator will deliver keynote remarks at Governor Markell’s final prayer breakfast. This year’s breakfast will be celebrating “Faith and Family.” The event...

Washington, DC — United States Chris Coons (D-Del.), along with eight other senators, today urged the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to use the authority that it was given by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined a broad coalition of 41 Senate Democrats in pressing the Department of Education to release comprehensive guidance on the protections afforded to...