Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, issued the following statement following mass demonstrations by Burundians in recent days...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after voting to pass the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act. “We must...

WASHINGTON – In advance of tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the PATENT Act, U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) announced that he has co-sponsored the STRONG Patents Act, competing patent...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation to modernize the United States’ national lab system through targeted reforms, making the nation’s innovation pipeline...

More than anything I wanted to just start by thanking you for inviting me, for what you do, and for what you’re in the midst of doing, for the Model...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today released the following statement on the nomination of Gayle Smith to be Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): “Gayle...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP).  The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), author of the STRONG Patents Act, released the following statement regarding the PATENT Act. “Innovation is the foundation of America’s economic growth, and...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) will kick off the “Manufacturing Jobs for America” (MJA) campaign at an event in Washington, D.C. hosted by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) will receive the 2015 Congressional Leadership Award in recognition of his work to raise awareness of human rights and support humanitarian initiatives...