Press Releases

However complicated applied sciences may have been back in 1836, when Congress first established the forerunner to the Patent and Trademark Office, they are infinitely more complicated today. Never has...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) will chair the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs during the 112th Congress after the committee unanimously approved its organizing resolution on...

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Frank R....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement Friday on the situation in Libya: “I am deeply concerned about...

WASHINGTON – As part of his commitment to engaging with Delawareans, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today debuted his first set of 10 video responses to constituent questions on a...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today praised the Obama Administration’s decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court. “The Defense of Marriage Act enshrined the...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) today warned of the negative consequences of the continuing resolution passed by House Republicans early Saturday morning, which...

WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today released the following statement on the passing of former Governor Russ Peterson on Monday evening: “Delaware lost an icon last night....

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) this week proudly cosponsored two measures in the Senate to honor the efforts of African Americans in building a stronger, more equal, and...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) today said that Members of Congress and the President should not be paid if the federal government is shutdown this spring because of...