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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.

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Jun 23, 2026

This is the second time in less than a year that Delawareans working to serve others have faced targeted gun violence.

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Jun 23, 2026

We’re grateful to the many police officers and first responders who rushed to the scene and captured the suspect.

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Jun 23, 2026

Yes, we should reauthorize FISA

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Jun 19, 2026

The U.S.-Israel relationship does not require silence in the face of humiliation of detainees or conduct that undermines basic human dignity.

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Jun 19, 2026

To defend our nation and what it means is to defend religious freedom. To defend our Constitution is to defend religious freedom. To defend religious freedom is to defend ourselves, our future, and our very republic.

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Jun 19, 2026

I think freedom of religion is among those most basic and eternal. And I think when we fail to remember that and to give it life, and purpose, and meaning, we no longer deserve the freedoms for which our forebears fought.

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Jun 19, 2026

Religious freedom, as I’ve said, is a fundamental threat to authoritarianism, and it is because of our commitment to a freedom of faith that we are also, as a nation, committed to an equality of all.

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Jun 18, 2026

This bill is about protecting what’s most personal to us, what makes us us: our voice and our likeness.

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Jun 18, 2026

Delaware has always been a center for innovation in this country, but it’s not enough to just invent things in America – we need to make them in America, too.

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Jun 18, 2026

We have to address gun violence. We cannot become numb to this.

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Jun 18, 2026

Today, it is on us to be strong for them in their time of pain and grief. Our hearts are with the families of the victims and the Wilmington Hospital community.

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Jun 18, 2026

Our doctors, nurses, and support staff are the best of Delaware. They hold us together in our darkest hours.

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Jun 18, 2026

Today, our hearts break for Wilmington. A gunman turned what should be a place of healing and hope into a place of terror.

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Jun 18, 2026

I'm praying for everyone's safety, including patients, health care workers, first responders, and law enforcement officers.

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Jun 16, 2026

While a ceasefire and negotiations are a positive development, so far this war of choice has only made American service members and civilians less safe and left many key questions unanswered or unaddressed.

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Jun 16, 2026

What inspections regime will there be and will the IAEA be involved?

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Jun 16, 2026

How will we ensure Iran actually complies with any nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran if one is reached?

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Jun 16, 2026

What will be the status of Iran’s enriched nuclear material stockpile and how will its enrichment capabilities be curtailed or ended?

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Jun 15, 2026

This war has come at a high cost: we have spent tens of billions of dollars, felt the brunt of soaring inflation and higher gas and fertilizer prices, 14 American service members are dead, and hundreds more are wounded.

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Jun 15, 2026

What sanctions relief, release of frozen assets, or other economic windfall does the Trump administration plan to offer Iran and when?

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Jun 15, 2026

There are critical questions we should all be asking: Is the Strait of Hormuz actually open to all commercial traffic?

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Jun 15, 2026

The fact that we have not seen any text of an agreement, while he and Iranian leaders once again say different things about what has been agreed, highlights why we need to see this deal immediately.

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Jun 15, 2026

Unfortunately, the president has made many promises about this war and fulfilled few of them.

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Jun 15, 2026

If true, President Trump’s announcement is a step in the right direction to end the reckless war he started.

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Jun 12, 2026

No. President Trump has changed the justifications for this war and repeatedly said a peace deal is going to happen tomorrow. It's going to happen today. It's not going to happen at all. I'm going to obliterate Iran. We're going to destroy…

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