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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.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Coons pertaining to the introduction of S. 3275 are located in today's…
Mr. President, I am honored to join with the good Senator from Kansas, the Senator from Missouri, and my friend from Virginia in speaking today in a bipartisan colloquy that is also part of a bicameral process that is trying to send a…
Senator Durbin called me personally before we began here today to ask me to express his personal regret at not being able to chair this hearing today.
If the main thing that Mr. Cole points to is policies, training, compliance, access to more seasoned attorneys in close calls, would you suggest...some voluntary action by the Department of Justice to change or strengthen their recognition…
Thank you, Senator Sessions. I think your personal experience and your passion for this is obvious and contributes significantly to this discourage today.
I would like to state that, without objection, we will enter into the record a number of letters that Senator Murkowski had asked be put into the record.
Mr. Cole testified that Brady should not be augmented by statute and pointed to the very extensive training the Department of Justice has put in place.
I think this Committee could play a role in oversight and just communicating that, you know, if the Department wants to prove that it is capable of self-regulation, the Committee is going to want to see progress on those fronts.
Would you comment on whether the duty imposed in this proposed disclosure fairness bill to use due diligence to discover exculpatory evidence that was reasonably available to the prosecutor, would that, in fact, expand the duty of the…
I mean, Congress knows better than anybody the importance of passing a law, not to catch the law breakers but to prevent the law breakers.
So if I could summarize, there is no uniform, routine audit process, but there are so many different ways in which challenges are presented, whether judicial, opposing counsel, postconviction if that is the outcome, that you are confident…
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