WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Coons, Schatz, Murphy, Booker Joint Statement on Qatar Luxury Jet Gift to Trump WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following joint statement on reports that President Trump will accept a luxury jet valued at $400 million from the roya  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Coons, Shaheen, Reed, Warner, Kelly, Himes, Krishnamoorthi statement on Trump's Middle East AI giveaway WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), as well as Congressmen Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) issued the following statement in response to President Trump's artificial in  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Coons, Shaheen, Tillis, Ricketts, Britt, Murphy Statement on the Romanian Presidential Election WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Katie Britt (R-AL) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) issued the following statement on the upcoming presidential election runoff in Romania: "In advance of the presidential election runoff in Romania this weeken  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 15, 2025: * * * Rep. McBride Condemns Republican's Deadly Plans to Cut Medicaid on House Floor: "People Will Die" WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) delivered a speech on the floor of the US House of Representatives opposing the Republican-led proposal to make historic cuts to Medicaid-- the single largest evisceration of health care in American history. In her remarks, M  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McBride: "Fair Leave isn't Just a Matter of Fair Policy -- It's a Matter of Life and Death" McBride Shares Personal Story Behind Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Family Medical Leave WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) released a deeply personal video message announcing the introduction of the FAIR Leave Act, bipartisan legislation she is leading to strengthen the Family and Me  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following floor remarks on May 15, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today as the Representative of the nearly one in four Delawareans who rely on Medicaid: families, children, seniors, and people with disabilities whose lives now hang in the balance. Republicans in Congress have proposed not only the largest cut  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * Reps. McBride, Fitzpatrick, and Stevens Introduce FAIR Leave Act to Deliver Commonsense Fix for Working Families WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE), alongside Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Haley Stevens (D-MI), introduced the FAIR Leave Act, a bipartisan, commonsense fix to ensure that married individuals working for the same employer are each entitled  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Reps. McBride, Flood Introduce Bipartisan Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act to Expand Access to Capital and Opportunity WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE) joined Reps. Mike Flood (R-NE), Mike Lawler (R-NY), and Cleo Fields (D-LA) in introducing the Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act -- a bipartisan bill to level the playing field for investors a  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons meets with Chief of the National Guard Bureau WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, met yesterday with General Steven Nordhaus, Chief of the National Guard Bureau. During their meeting, Senator Coons discussed ways he can support the National Guard through his new role as the lead Senate Democrat in ch  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Cornyn host Law Enforcement Caucus event during Police Week highlighting de-escalation tactics in policing WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate Law Enforcement Caucus, hosted an event this week focused on how law enforcement agencies are adopting new approaches to de-escalation and training tactics to resolv  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Ricketts, colleagues introduce bill to counter the People's Republic of China's strategic placement of military bases around the world WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) introduced the Combating PRC Overseas and Unlawful Networked Threats through Enhanced Resilience (COUNTER) Act to combat the People's Republic of China's (PRC) attempts to   more