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Chris Coons

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Chris Coons is a United States Senator from Delaware, serving since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Coons has been involved in various Senate committees, focusing on issues such as foreign relations, judiciary matters, and small business. He is known for his advocacy on topics including military policy and legal transparency in government actions. Coons has also been active in promoting bipartisan efforts in the Senate.

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Jun 6, 2023

If it is not magical, that there is something special that 10 years is the catch all to find something, then I agree with Senator Risch.

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May 30, 2023

Understood. We also met with the Prosecutor General Kostin. What else can we and should we be doing to strengthen Ukraine's ability to investigate, to document, to prosecute, to hold accountable perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine?

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May 30, 2023

Why not legislatively strengthen that? Why not use that as the platform for action by Congress?

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May 30, 2023

Millions of people deserve to live without fear.

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May 30, 2023

We've been achingly close over and over in the 13 years I've been here.

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May 30, 2023

We need to move towards an immigration system that is safe, humane, orderly, fair, and consistent with the rule of law.

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May 30, 2023

So I'm committed to working with my colleagues to find a path forward, and I hope they will join me in doing so.

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May 30, 2023

We owe the food on our tables to farmworkers who've kept these farms growing despite shortages, uncertainty, unpredictability.

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May 30, 2023

In my home State of Delaware, immigrant labor is absolutely key to agriculture.

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May 30, 2023

The badly broken H-2A system, and overall immigration system, imposes real and lasting costs.

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May 16, 2023

We cannot default and we cannot fail to appropriate.

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May 16, 2023

We cannot default and we cannot fail to appropriate.

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May 15, 2023

I think we need to pursue this both at the national level and the international level.

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May 15, 2023

We have failed to deliver on data privacy, even though industry has been asking us to regulate data privacy.

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May 15, 2023

If I could, I'll just assert that those existing regulatory bodies and authorities are under resourced and lack many of the statutory regulatory powers that they need.

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May 15, 2023

I'm really concerned that generative AI technologies can undermine the faith of democratic values and the institutions that we have.

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May 15, 2023

We cannot default and we cannot fail to appropriate.

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May 9, 2023

I do think--I understand in this moment focusing on the commanders of these two armed forces that are battling it out literally in the streets of Khartoum, but we have to be able to find a way to include in this conversation not just…

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May 9, 2023

There are critics who say that in the absence of targeted individual sanctions there is the continuation of a sense of impunity.

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May 9, 2023

I respect that the Administration took tough actions in terms of suspending bilateral aid, suspending debt relief, and I think that had real impact on leaders.

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May 9, 2023

We cannot allow the civilian leadership of the groups that led the brave uprising that overthrew Omar Al-Bashir to be shoved aside.

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May 9, 2023

I introduced the Sudan Democracy Act last year to reflect the urgent need to hold these military leaders accountable.

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May 3, 2023

I am excited that Delaware is joining the Southeastern PA, and Southern New Jersey on the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub.

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May 3, 2023

There is, I think, an opportunity for us to keep moving forward in terms of our legislative work around hydrogen.

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