Press Releases

WILMINGTON, Del. — U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, and U.S. Representative John Carney (all D-DE) today praised Fisker Automotive’s commitment to doing business in the First State after the company’s...

WASHINGTON – Ahead of Tuesday evening’s National Jefferson Awards ceremony, Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) met with the Delaware recipients of the 2011 Jefferson Awards for Public...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following statement Tuesday in response to the Senate’s inability to overcome a Republican filibuster of a bill to reauthorize the U.S....

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of six senators called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to do more to stem the “unacceptable” level of suicides among veterans currently estimated...

Wilmington, Del. – Delaware poultry farmers can now apply for federal assistance from the Sussex Conservation District (SCD) to implement best management practices that are fundamental to improving air quality,...

WILMINGTON, Del. – Chairing a rare field hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Wilmington on Monday, Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) focused on the success Delaware’s local...

Washington, DC – In response to increasing numbers of counterfeit products in the military supply chain, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Chris Coons...

Mr. President, I rise to reiterate my support for the amendment submitted by my colleagues from California and Oklahoma, which just passed the Senate.  I was glad we had an...

Mr. President, I rise today to speak to the proceedings that have just occurred in this body with regard to ethanol and to talk about how I see them from...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today voted on an amendment to the Economic Development Act (S. 782) that would end the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), which...