Chris Coons

I commend the Administration's focus on equity.

It essentially incentivizes ending the practice of suspending drivers' licenses for those who cannot pay fees and fines.

Chair Murkowski, Ranking Member Manchin, at the time of the Energy Committee, finally got passed the Energy Act of 2020.

I look forward to supporting the appropriations request for the national labs, both in nuclear technology, and in clean energy technology, more broadly.

Why can't the same folks have jobs building and maintaining and servicing pipelines that take carbon dioxide and put it back out, under the ground and stored permanently?

I have a bill with Senator Cassidy, the SCALE act, which would support wide-scale CCUS deployment by connecting sites of carbon dioxide capture to places where it can be stored and it would create thousands of jobs.

I enthusiastically support the President's vision, particularly with regards to the Department's budget.

I think for my work, the challenge that I face is how are we collectively in the Government able to consolidate what we know and what we understand from all of the forces at work outside of Belarus and combine that with what we know from…

This hearing is a reminder of how important bipartisan congressional delegations can be in bringing connections and information back.

I look forward to seeing his leadership in organizing the democracies of Europe to fight corruption and support independent media.

We are against dictatorship, and it depends on the Belarusians when they will choose in free and fair elections.

Thank you for standing up for democracy and for fighting for the rights of the people of Belarus.

I was encouraged to see the announcement you would mandate Federal law enforcement to wear body worn cameras.

In Delaware, the New Castle County Police Department and the Christiana Care Health System have jointly stood up a behavioral health unit that pairs mental health professionals with local law enforcement to respond to individuals going…

I note the proposal of $100 million for a new community violence intervention initiative.

The United States would be extremely well served by ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty

I'm so pleased to see your budget strengthening positions in the State Department, adding 500 additional positions and adding a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.

The Senate will come together to pass the Innovation and Competition Act

I'm grateful for your leadership and President Biden's in restoring our role as participants in the Paris Agreement.

We would be on... stronger ground if we had ratification of the Law of the Sea

You cannot fight your way or kill your way to stability.

The Administration's budget request prioritizes funding to address issues that I and many on this committee have highlighted for years.

We have a history of shortchanging diplomacy and development in ways that have put added burdens on the U.S. military.

I am very encouraged by the budget that the Administration is putting forward for the State Department, for AID, for a number of other critical international functions.

I think it is a tool that, in partnership with some of our key allies, could be critical.