Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, praised steps announced by the White House Tuesday morning to confront the humanitarian...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a cosponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act, voted again on Monday to advance the bill to end wage discrimination in the workplace. The...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement Monday marking the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. “From science to the arts, and business to our armed forces,...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement on Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). “Domestic violence and sexual assault...

DOVER, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement on Friday in celebration of the 20th anniversary of AmeriCorps.  “For the past 20 years, AmeriCorps has given...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, teamed up with 122 members of Congress on Thursday to file an amicus curiae brief to...

I’ve come to the floor this morning to speak about our military’s critical mission to defeat and degrade the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a terrorist organization that threatens...

WASHINGTON – In a speech on the Senate floor Thursday morning, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, called for a stronger...

Mr. President, this is an uneasy time in our world. There is no shortage of crises that demand our attention and our action. The President called on us last night...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President Obama’s national address Wednesday night on his strategy to...