Press Releases

Mr. President, parents in my home state of Delaware and all across this country worry so much and work so hard for the future of their children – for their...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced legislation Thursday to help increase the number of low-income students able to access and complete a college education. The American Dream Accounts...

WASHINGTON – Four senators will today introduce a sense-of-the-Senate resolution demanding the government of Sudan allow immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to the Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions where...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry...

Wilmington, Del. — Senator Chris Coons released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated part of Japan’s coast, including Delaware’s sister state of Miyagi: “One...

WASHINGTON – With many Delawareans concerned about the rapid rise in gas prices, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today applauded President Obama’s announcement of a strategy for helping consumers and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement Tuesday on the passing of Wilmington civil rights leader, the Rev. Maurice J. Moyer. “I was saddened to learn...

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and Representative John Carney (all D-Del.) commended the Obama Administration’s recent action to protect the Delmarva and U.S. poultry industries and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, released the following statement...

WILMINGTON, Del. – To help Delawareans take advantage of the nation’s emerging economic recovery, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative John Carney will host three job...