Senator Chris Coons

Father, husband, U.S. Senator from Delaware

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

We’ll be voting all day—and probably all night—on Republicans’ party line bill to fund Trump’s mass deportation effort. Republicans would rather give ICE a blank check than support commonsense, popular reforms that law enforcement officers around the country abide by every day.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

This week, SCOTUS let Alabama use a map that lower courts found intentionally discriminated against Black voters. The right to vote is how Americans shape their future, but Republicans know their ideas can’t compete on their merits, so they draw discriminatory maps to force that unpopular agenda through anyway.

Congress needs to restore the Voting Rights Act and protect Black voters’ voices, power, and representation.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

The Trump arch, the Trump garden of heroes, the Trump-Kennedy Center, President Donald J. Trump Airport, the list goes on. Why should your tax dollars have to pay for an unpopular president's vanity projects?

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

A man who physically attacked the seat of our nation's government cannot be trusted to uphold that nation's secrets. This is just the latest incident of the Trump administration putting slavish devotion over competence, and Americans will be less safe because of it.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who later said that he regretted his participation in the U.S. Capitol attack has been hired by the Trump administration to work inside a Pentagon office that manages highly classified military operations. https://t.co/3OtllgCSWP

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

The Director of National Intelligence is an important role whose job is to make sure we are prepared to defend our nation. Putting a wildly unqualified political attack dog like Bill Pulte in the role will put our country at risk.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Hiring a Trump hatchet man with no intelligence experience – one who abused his office to carry out political attacks – to lead our nation’s intelligence agencies is just more proof that Trump doesn’t care about Americans’ safety.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: President Trump named Bill Pulte, who runs a federal housing agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard.  https://t.co/XtDvccl0ea

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Happy Pride Month! I’m proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community in Delaware, across the country, and around the world, and I’ll keep working in the Senate to defend and expand your rights until full equality is truly achieved.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

I don’t trust Trump’s word, and neither do the American people. I’m looking forward to working with my @SenateDems colleagues to permanently ban this slush fund. If Republicans in Congress are as opposed to this fund as they claim, they should have no problem joining us.

[Axios @axios]

Scoop: Trump plans to drop "weaponization" fund https://t.co/0xzHZAD9aN

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Trump should stop wasting his time trying to put himself on money and spend his time figuring out how to make your money go further.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait.

It would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years: https://t.co/mFruQ3yyJ1

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

As #ALSAwarenessMonth comes to a close, I’m reflecting on the friends and family I’ve seen devastated by this cruel disease, and on the courage of those living with ALS.

As co-chair of the bipartisan Senate ALS Caucus, I’m proud to join Senators Murkowski, Cotton, and Whitehouse in introducing a resolution to raise awareness, support ALS research, and keep pushing for better treatments and, one day, a cure.

[StudiGo @StudiGo_LLC]

“They don’t have a good answer for how it is legal, how it is appropriate, to take $1.8B of taxpayer money as a “settlement” of a lawsuit President Trump brought against his own government. This has never happened before that a sitting President essentially sues himself and then settles his own lawsuit.”

Democratic Senator from Delaware and member of the Judiciary Committee @ChrisCoons speaking with @kaitlancollins on @CNN @TheSourceCNN

via #StudiGo's #StudiShare studio in Wilmington, DE

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

I’m proud to introduce the Protect College Sports Act with @SenTedCruz and @SenatorCantwell because we can make college sports better: better for fans, better for schools, and most of all, better for student-athletes no matter what school they go to or what sport they play. https://t.co/CiJuh9jaSD

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Too many Delawareans feel like they’re working as hard as they can, but wages are slipping further behind the cost of living, and they don’t know if anyone in Washington can hear them.
I’m not just listening to you—I’m working to help. Read more in my new op-ed here.  https://t.co/WOYAYxnxHs

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

This Memorial Day, we honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation.

Their sacrifice has protected our freedom, and Delaware carries a solemn responsibility to honor them, remember them, and never forget all they gave.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Whether you’re an Emmy winner like Noah Wyle or an eighth grader in Wilmington, you deserve to have your voice and likeness protected from unauthorized AI deepfakes. I’m glad to have the support of Noah and @sagaftra for my bipartisan NO FAKES Act.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

AI-generated deepfakes are already being used to scam, exploit, impersonate, and profit off people. That’s why I reintroduced the NO FAKES Act with @marshablackburn to create clear protections so Americans can control how their voice and likeness are used in the age of AI.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Inflation in Trump’s America has gotten so bad, his own officials are thinking of quitting lunch cold turkey.

[Harmeet K. Dhillon @HarmeetKDhillon]

Someone just tried to charge me $25.60 for a cold, refrigerated turkey sandwich at Burbank Airport. Have people no shame?! Luckily I had tangerines and trail mix in my bag. I’ll survive …

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Every other president in modern history has released their tax returns. Not only has Trump failed to do so, but now he has a license from his own administration not to have his taxes checked – a license to cheat and rip off the government. There's one set of rules for Trump, and another set of rules for everyone else.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Apparently, “Make America Healthy Again” does not include our drinking water.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The EPA proposed repealing limits on four types of “forever chemicals” in drinking water.

The proposal would end the Biden-era restrictions on four PFAS compounds and give utilities more time to comply with limits on two others. https://t.co/5GMu4BxYOx