Chris Coons

Our country faces an unprecedented series of crises and challenges both at home and abroad.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield represents, in my view, the very best of our Nation.

True patriotism is constituted in pushing your country to be the best version of itself and striving for that more perfect union.

The United States needs a leader who can advance not just our interests, but our values.

I would be open to an arrangement where if Democrats offered to push off the impeachment trial until the middle of February, the Democrats would go along with that as long as it meant that Republicans were going to swiftly confirm the…

If you had told me a month ago that Mitch McConnell would be saying he is open to voting to convict Donald Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors, I would have said that will never happen in my lifetime. He has publicly said that, and on…

Joe is leaving Delaware without his beloved son Beau for whom that National Guard Center is named.

Germany is a critical partner and ally of the United States.

I know you agree that we should do everything we can to support their transition from dictatorship to democracy.

The Global Fragility Act is a, I think, promising new tool.

I want to associate myself with the concerns raised by the chairman about Turkey's nefarious role.

It tries to come up with strategies that will prevent instability.

I think we should also leverage all tools available, including U.N. and U.S. Government sanctions.

This is a tool provided by Congress on a bipartisan basis, I helped co-author, to address the root causes of extremism and violence in fragile countries.

I look forward to working with both of you to address the many foreign policy challenges facing our country.

Political space for all Ethiopians is critical for advancing this process and building strong, inclusive institutions.

The situation in Ethiopia is alarming.

It is my hope and expectation we will use this tool to balance assistance around security, democracy, human rights.

Vaccinating the rest of the world is critical to preventing new variants from breaking out and from harming all of us.

I also think it is critical we continue to explain to the average American how the work of USAID overseas helps keep us safer, healthier, and more prosperous.

I appreciate that. I also want to follow up briefly on the line of questioning from Senator Coons regarding our role in working with others in the world to defeat the coronavirus.

I am optimistic we will make progress now on humanitarian access.

We all saw how, in the last year of the previous administration, the absence of a Senate-confirmed administrator led to real drift and some challenges operationally and organizationally.

I look forward to partnering with you and relying on your advice in exactly how to make sure that this commitment that has recently been announced by the prime minister to investigate and this partnership that I think is quite possible is…

Clear and capable leadership at USAID is critical.