Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released a new installment of his “Correspondence from the Commute” video series on Wednesday, responding to Delawareans who’ve written to him on a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement on Tuesday on the findings of the third U.S. National Climate Assessment. The assessment is the most comprehensive scientific...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a cosponsor of the bipartisan Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, also known as “Shaheen-Portman,” filed an amendment to the bill Tuesday to...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, issued the following statement Monday following remarks given by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan...

Let me last, Madam President, briefly, offer a tribute to a lifelong friend and mentor, James Wilcox Brown of Newark, Delaware. He set sail on April 24th, at the age...

Madam President, I would also today like to take a few minutes to recognize two great Delawareans. First, I’d like to recognize Harry Gravell. Right now, in Wilmington, Delaware, friends...

WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators wrote President Obama today expressing their concern over the escalating crisis in South Sudan.  The letter was signed by Senators Menendez...

Madam President, I come to the floor today to speak about the corrupting power of money in our national politics and the tragic impact of a whole series of decisions...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today introduced a resolution condemning the April 14...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) cautioned against declining investments in fundamental science and research at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday, warning that weaker federal investment amounts to...