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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.

Dec 14, 2011

We should use those levers and insist on a delay on the certification of results.

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Dec 14, 2011

I hope that the United States will take an active and engaged role in convening the international community.

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Dec 14, 2011

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.

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Dec 14, 2011

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 you do know who won the election.

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Dec 14, 2011

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 driver.

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Dec 14, 2011

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.

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Dec 14, 2011

Ag is the biggest business in Delaware.

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Dec 14, 2011

Poultry is really the sort of beating heart of the Delaware agriculture sector.

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Dec 14, 2011

It is a rare and good day when I see good people advance here in Washington.

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Dec 14, 2011

Delaware today has the highest percentage of preserved productive agriculture farmland of any state in the country.

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Dec 14, 2011

Mr. President, I rise to share a feeling that many in my home State have expressed to me. I rise to share my frustration. It is not just the frustration you may feel, as I have felt presiding over this body, when for hours at a time it is…

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