Press Releases

WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday announced an innovative public-private partnership between the federal government, 18 companies and six universities to strengthen America’s manufacturing sector and create high quality jobs....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) voted twice on Tuesday to advance legislation that would sustain support for jobless Americans by extending federal emergency unemployment insurance benefits. Both procedural...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), leader of the Senate’s Manufacturing Jobs for America initiative, and Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) introduced bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to enhance incentives for...

WILMINGTON, Del. – In a letter sent to U.S. Senator Chris Coons on Friday, the Treasury Department announced it would issue new guidance to reconcile a conflict in the tax...

Madam President, fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson challenged a joint session of Congress and the American people to begin a war on poverty. “Unfortunately,” President Johnson said, “many...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) voted on Tuesday for legislation to provide relief for states and struggling families by extending federal unemployment insurance benefits for three months. The...

DOVER, Del. – Committed to continuing to help out-of-work Delawareans find employment, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative John Carney in partnership with Brandywine Counseling and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Assistant Majority Leader and a member of...

Mr. President, I come to the floor once again to talk about manufacturing jobs. This week, under Senator Amy Klobuchar’s leadership, the Joint Economic Committee released a report that thoroughly and...

WASHINGTON – A week after the bill was passed by the House of Representatives, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with language written by U.S. Senator Chris...