Press Releases

WILMINGTON, DE – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) issued the following statements to mark the beginning of Black History Month. Senators Carper and Coons  joined...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons on Friday urged Delaware companies to join a new effort by President Obama to assist unemployed Americans by signing-on to a set of...

WASHINGTON – With Delawareans facing record cold temperatures this winter, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) announcement Thursday of $1.5 million...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), who leads the Manufacturing Jobs for America campaign in the Senate, praised President Obama’s memorandum to the Secretaries of Labor, Commerce, and Education...

Mr. President, I rise today to speak about a bill introduced today, a bipartisan bill, a bill that will strengthen America’s innovation economy. Over the last 60 years, our national...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, earned support from Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday...

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

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the law allowing victims of wage discrimination...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement Tuesday night following President Obama’s State of the Union address. “President Obama tonight laid out a clear vision for...

WASHINGTON – The farm bill agreement announced last night by the House-Senate conference committee includes a provision authored by U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chair of the Senate’s Chicken Caucus,...