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Chris Coons: “To defend our nation and what it means is to defend religious freedom. To defend our Constitution is to defend religious…”

On the recordJune 19, 2026
To defend our nation and what it means is to defend religious freedom. To defend our Constitution is to defend religious freedom. To defend religious freedom is to defend ourselves, our future, and our very republic.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Concluding statement at the Center for American Progress event.

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