Oct 19, 2015
The agreement with China and the trajectory we have going into Paris with China is very encouraging.
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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Oct 8, 2015
Yes, I would, thanks in no small part to you, I say to Senator Hatch, and to Senator Flake, who insisted both last Congress and this Congress that we put everything on the table and invite all stakeholders to come forward and share their…
Oct 8, 2015
Yes, it is, I say to Senator Hatch. After all that work together, all that consultation, when we introduced this bill last Congress, we wanted to make sure the ex parte provision couldn't be used for abuse, so we required that the party…
Sep 15, 2015
I am very skeptical of anyone who argues that the Assad regime is part of the solution to stability in Syria.
Sep 15, 2015
We need a regional strategy, not just a battlefield strategy, not just in one country or one place.
Jul 21, 2015
Finding ways to make it accessible to early stage and startup businesses is a challenge that eluded me for a number of years.
Jul 21, 2015
Education is going to be critical, because if the small businesses have difficulty, the startups are going to have a greater difficulty in doing it.
Jul 21, 2015
I grew up in a small business-owning family and I hear week in and week out from Delawareans who are trying to run small businesses exactly the points that our panel testified to.
Jul 21, 2015
It is great to be in a room where we can agree on a lot of different things--one in particular, I suspect.
Jul 21, 2015
I am very pleased to say that Senators Roberts and Schumer introduced this provision in Senate Finance Committee markup.
Jul 21, 2015
I think biochemical, pharmaceutical, I think anything in the medical field will all be very good targets for this.
Jul 21, 2015
That will be a massive change. We had it in 2010 for one year. It was just a sea change for folks being able to take it across the board.
Jul 21, 2015
The R&D tax credit has made a huge difference, particularly for very large and very profitable companies, over a long period of time.
Jul 21, 2015
Hey, we are going to make the R&D credit available for startups, starts being the driver for both innovation and for new jobs in this country, is a godsend.
Jul 21, 2015
The reason small businesses cannot take the R&D credit, the key reason is the AMT.
Jul 13, 2015
These make a big difference in a manufacturing company's bottom line, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well, and helping to train the next generation of engineers and scientists in the field.
Jul 13, 2015
I am pleased to see support among a number of Senators who have introduced bills related to energy efficiency and green tech and the future of our manufacturing sector.
Jul 13, 2015
I appreciate your highlighting the important role that energy costs, and in particular energy efficiency, play in reducing the bottom line cost that small businesses face.
Jul 7, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership which we are attempting to negotiate and will probably have a chance to vote up or down on later this year.
Jun 22, 2015
In response to the IG audit, one of the concerns was why you would give a sole-source contract...
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