“This is not a shirts-and-skins issue. This is not a blue/red issue.”
“You're seeing a shift. The American people are growing weary of this war and what's happening.”
“Let’s be clear, if you’re a single mom, you cannot compete with Wall Street. They will outbid you every time, and so this is about fairness.”
““I am happy to know you. I hope that one day we shall have the opportunity to discuss the affairs of our country.””

Political Quotes

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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May 3, 2011

I was concerned to see the COPS technology program, for example, zeroed out.

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May 2, 2011

I ask unanimous consent to proceed in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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May 2, 2011

Hopefully go just off the coast of Delaware.

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May 2, 2011

every one of us knows where we were at the moment we heard the tragic news of the attacks on this Nation on September 11. And I trust that all of us will long treasure the moment we first heard the great news last night that Osama bin…

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May 2, 2011

I'm very concerned about that loss of early market leadership and intellectual property that seems to be going on whole-scale across whole families of technologies.

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May 2, 2011

I have supported extension of the R and D tax credits, the 48 [c] manufacturing credits, the 1603 Treasury grants program.

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Apr 14, 2011

I rise to recognize the contributions made each day by our Nation's 3,068 county governments and the men and women who serve in county government. They are tireless public servants whose daily efforts to ensure that local government works…

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Apr 14, 2011

I rise today to introduce my first bill in the Senate, one I believe will promote competitiveness and spur the growth of sustainable middle class jobs. As I noted in my maiden speech in January, the people of Delaware sent me here with a…

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Apr 13, 2011

If fledgling democracies are allowed to fail and undemocratic regimes are allowed to endure unchallenged, then people will lose confidence in democracy and free market economic principles.

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Apr 13, 2011

Our dollars do help. They help us enormously promote democracy, improve economic development and prosperity.

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Apr 13, 2011

We believe that Joseph Kony remains one of the most serious threats to stability in the central African region.

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Apr 13, 2011

America is the first great nation that became great not by what it took from other nations, but by what it gave to other nations.

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