WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement following the passing of former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wis.):
“Senator Kohl was unfailingly kind, warm and unassuming, but quietly fierce about the things he cared about, which included American manufacturing jobs. I welcomed his advice when I was a freshman senator and enjoyed serving with him on the Judiciary Committee. We worked together on protecting trade secrets and advocating for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership – one of his passions, and mine. Manufacturing Extension Partnerships serve countless small and medium-sized manufacturers across our country, and I was proud to carry Senator Kohl’s bill on that issue after his retirement. His slogan was that he was ‘nobody’s senator but yours’ – a goal that I’ve tried to live up to, and one that many of us who follow in his footsteps today would do well to carry forward.”