Press Releases

WILMINGTON, Del. — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the passing of Desmond Tutu, a South African Anglican archbishop,...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement after testing positive for COVID-19: “In recent weeks I have been tested for COVID-19 regularly, both with rapid tests...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement on the passing of former U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.): “Johnny Isakson was a good man, a warm and...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) today applauded Senate confirmation of former Delaware Governor Jack Markell as U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) led a bipartisan letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai calling on the administration to ensure...

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies (ACT) for ALS Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee, and Tom Carper (both...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) applauded final passage of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a nearly $768 billion...

WILMINGTON, Del. — U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), co-chairs of the Senate Human Rights Caucus, introduced a resolution today celebrating International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary...

WASHINGTON — This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies (ACT) for ALS Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)...