Press Releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today released the following statement on his votes against two proposed amendments to the Constitution mandating balanced budgets: “As we move to confront...

Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to reflect on the career of the executive director of the Delaware Nature Society, Michael E. Riska. Mike is retiring this...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) spoke on the Senate floor on Wednesday to commemorate Delaware Day.  Since 1933, governors of Delaware have proclaimed December...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today applauded progress on two measures to help combat the theft of intellectual property, which not...

SENATOR CARPER: Mr. President, today is Delaware Day. Something important for our state and our nation occurred on December 7, 1787. Senator Coons is here. I ask him to take...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the president of Carrier IQ on Monday seeking answers about software found embedded on...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs and a strong advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, today...

WASHINGTON – In a letter sent Friday to President Obama, a bipartisan group of 29 senators led by Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) expressed support for developing...

Mr. President, earlier this week, the Senate adopted an amendment to the bill we now consider that would, among other things, give the Chief of the National Guard Bureau a...

Mr. President, another amendment that I filed to S. 1867, the Senate’s Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization bill, would have advanced new clean energy opportunities and enjoyed bipartisan support....