Chris Coons actually said...

"If we do not fix political legitimacy and we do not, on behalf of the United States, engage in governance questions, then we can do all the work we want to... and we will not have addressed the real d..."

"I would defer to the head of the Catholic Church in Congo, Cardinal Monsenguo, who in a superb statement of just a few days ago urged the Congolese Supreme Court to do the right thing."

"But the fundamental issue is independent international verification and with the purpose, as I said earlier, of enfranchising those who were disenfranchised in order to try and move to a position that..."

"The United States must dramatically ratchet up its efforts to find a way to defuse this crisis and find a way forward that respects and honors the democratic aspirations of the Congolese people."