WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Spotlight Delaware profiled U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), focusing on his role as a bipartisan dealmaker and foreign relations leader ahead of the start of his tenure as Delaware’s senior senator.

As Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Senator Coons has been a foreign policy leader in the Senate and spoke with Spotlight Delaware shortly after his return from a trip to Southern Africa. He discussed his future role as Delaware’s senior senator, his work as a bipartisan legislator in the Senate, and his support for President Joe Biden.

Focusing on upcoming legislation in the Senate, Senator Coons expressed support for an effort to ban Chinese-controlled TikTok from operating in the United States or force a sale. He’s long supported legislation to increase transparency around social media platforms. 

Spotlight Delaware: From Biden to Gaza, Sen. Coons preps to take Delaware delegation helm

U.S. Sen. Chris Coons has served in elected office in Delaware for more than two decades and today he’s one of the busiest politicians on Capitol Hill, serving as a co-chair of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, a rare bipartisan dealmaker and one of the most-traveled legislators overseas.

While most of Delaware’s federal and statewide offices are facing an uncommon round of reshuffling in the fall election, Coons is not on the ballot. He instead is preparing to become the state’s senior senator with the impending retirement of colleague Sen. Tom Carper, and one of the longest tenured state party elders for the Delaware Democratic Party.

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He also said that he wanted to continue the tradition of collegiality and support in Delaware’s delegation that Carper inherited and fostered. It’s common to see the First State’s two senators and congressperson at events together – a scene that Congressional colleagues often find baffling, Coons said.

“One of the things Delawareans have gotten used to over a long time is that the delegation gets along well. That is not true of most states,” he noted. “In most states, there is open warfare between the senators and the House members, they have sharply different priorities, personalities and agendas … I intend to work hard to make sure we have a cohesive, respectful, deliberate delegation where we all are in regular consultation.”

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