Christopher Coons

Make no mistake, AI presents novel questions across a wide range of areas of IP policy.

I am going to put you on the spot and I am going to send a copy to the secretary as well.

If it is not magical, that there is something special that 10 years is the catch all to find something, then I agree with Senator Risch.

Not committing gross atrocities.

Why not legislatively strengthen that? Why not use that as the platform for action by Congress?

Understood. We also met with the Prosecutor General Kostin. What else can we and should we be doing to strengthen Ukraine's ability to investigate, to document, to prosecute, to hold accountable perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine?

Millions of people deserve to live without fear.

For years, I've heard from Delaware farmers that the H-2A program's application process is too complex, too time consuming, too costly, too unpredictable.

It's clear to me that the ball is now in our court in the Senate to answer a simple question: What can we find 60 votes to do?

In my home State of Delaware, immigrant labor is absolutely key to agriculture.

We owe the food on our tables to farmworkers who've kept these farms growing despite shortages, uncertainty, unpredictability.

We need to move towards an immigration system that is safe, humane, orderly, fair, and consistent with the rule of law.

The badly broken H-2A system, and overall immigration system, imposes real and lasting costs.

I think we need to pursue this both at the national level and the international level.

We have failed to deliver on data privacy, even though industry has been asking us to regulate data privacy.

If I could, I'll just assert that those existing regulatory bodies and authorities are under resourced and lack many of the statutory regulatory powers that they need.

I'm really concerned that generative AI technologies can undermine the faith of democratic values and the institutions that we have.

We have to be able to find a way to include in this conversation not just regional actors, but the Sudanese people themselves and their legitimate leaders.

We cannot allow the civilian leadership of the groups that led the brave uprising that overthrew Omar Al-Bashir to be shoved aside.

I respect that the Administration took tough actions in terms of suspending bilateral aid, suspending debt relief, and I think that had real impact on leaders.

I introduced the Sudan Democracy Act last year to reflect the urgent need to hold these military leaders accountable.

There are critics who say that in the absence of targeted individual sanctions there is the continuation of a sense of impunity.

African countries will spend $70 billion in debt servicing payments in 2023.

I think USAID has a critical role. We are the ground game for American foreign policy.

I am grateful for his partnership and his recognition. This is a real opportunity for regions all over the country.