Christopher A. Coons

Supports helping Delaware businesses grow the state’s economy and create good jobs.

“As a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, he makes it a priority to get Delaware businesses what they need to grow our state’s economy and create good jobs.”⁷

Advocates for patent reform so entrepreneurs and innovators can compete with large companies.

“As a former chair of the Senate subcommittee overseeing intellectual property, he’s a staunch advocate for patent reform so entrepreneurs and innovators can stand on the same stage as giants of industry.”⁷

Wants the United States to remain a global leader in new technological developments to grow the economy.

“Innovation grows America’s economy, driving state-of-the-art health care solutions, supporting clean air and clean water, and protecting our national security.”⁸

Wants to invest in innovation and the innovators who make that possible to remain competitive.

“We have to invest in innovation and the innovators who make that possible.”⁸

Wants to bring manufacturing back to Delaware to create job opportunities and grow the economy.

“He’s long focused on bringing manufacturing back to Delaware.”⁸

Supports protecting and strengthening Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.

“He is working every day to make that a reality by protecting and strengthening the programs that give people a health care lifeline: Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act.”¹⁶

Supports government funding for biomedical research and clinical trials to find cures.

“Government funding for those trials helps researchers take on more patients and invest in the basic science that will one day lead to cures.”¹⁶

Supports legislation that helps Americans focus on living their lives, not fighting for them.

“Senator Coons is supporting legislation that will help Americans focus on living their lives – not fighting for them.”¹⁶

Wants to make Delaware a hub of clean energy technology to create jobs and lower costs while reducing emissions.

“Building on Delaware’s legacy of innovation, Senator Coons is committed to making Delaware a hub of new, clean energy technology that will create jobs and keep costs down for families while reducing emissions.”¹⁹

Wants to mitigate the worsening of climate change and prepare Delaware for climate-fueled disasters.

“Senator Coons is making sure the First State is prepared for the climate-fueled disasters of the present while mitigating the worsening of climate change.”¹⁹

Wants to secure federal funding to make Delaware a leader in solar, wind, and hydrogen power.

“He’s securing federal funding to make Delaware a leader in new technologies like solar, wind, and hydrogen power, in addition to improving and protecting existing facilities like the Delaware City Refinery.”¹⁹

Wants to protect programs that lower energy costs for Delawareans facing hard times.

“He’s also trying to protect programs like LIHEAP that directly lower energy costs for Delawareans facing hard times.”¹⁹

Wants to support clean air and water for children to breathe and play without fear.

“Senator Coons is working at a federal level to support clean air and water, so our children can breathe and play without fear.”¹⁹

Wants to secure funding for Delaware's beaches and coastline to grow the economy.

“He’s also securing funding for our state’s beaches and coastline, so we can keep growing the economy that powers southern Delaware.”¹⁹

Supports innovation that leads to clean air and clean water.

“Innovation grows America’s economy, driving state-of-the-art health care solutions, supporting clean air and clean water, and protecting our national security.”⁸

Believes people shouldn’t need a college degree to get a good job that pays well.

“Senator Coons believes you shouldn’t need a college degree to get a good job that pays well and can support a family.”⁷

Wants to create more apprenticeship programs and connect Delawareans with careers.

“He’s introduced legislation to create more apprenticeship programs and connect Delawareans with careers that will help them build a good life.”⁷

Uses his role to open, expand, and protect global export markets for Delaware’s agricultural products.

“Senator Coons uses his role as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to open, expand, and protect new global export markets for Delaware’s agricultural products as well as ensuring that the Port of Wilmington continues to import bananas, citrus, and more.”²⁶

Maintains the U.S.'s position as a global leader to ensure American safety and stability in the world.

“Our safety, security, and prosperity are rooted in our global leadership. As one of the nation’s foreign policy leaders, Senator Coons is committed to maintaining our position in the face of threats from competitors and adversaries because he knows a stable world is one where Americans are safe.”²⁷

Advocates for foreign aid and development programs to intercept diseases and counter trafficking and cartels.

“He’s a leading advocate for foreign aid and development programs that intercept diseases before they come to our shores and counter recruiting efforts by human traffickers and drug cartels.”²⁷

Wants greater transparency in financial disclosures for federal judges.

“He works to strengthen financial disclosure rules for federal judges to ensure greater transparency.”²⁹

Supports making housing more affordable in Delaware.

“That’s why he’s worked to make housing more affordable in Delaware, whether by securing funding for projects to build more housing up and down the state, or through legislation to make existing federal affordable housing programs more accessible.”⁷

Wants federal judges to be independent of politics and presidential appointees to follow the law.

“At hearings and in meetings, he pushes federal judges on their commitment to being independent of politics and presidential appointees on their commitment to following the law.”²⁹

Wants to modernize intellectual property laws to ensure innovators can protect and profit from their work.

“It also means modernizing our outdated intellectual property laws to ensure that innovators are able to protect and profit from their work.”⁸

Wants to protect national security through innovation.

“Innovation grows America’s economy, driving state-of-the-art health care solutions, supporting clean air and clean water, and protecting our national security.”⁸

Is committed to continuing global military supremacy and ensuring warfighters are equipped for future conflicts.

“As the senior Democrat in charge of our nation’s defense spending, he is committed to continuing our global military supremacy and ensuring our warfighters are equipped to win the wars of the future.”²⁷

Supports programs that combat opioid addiction.

“He knows how essential these programs are for kids, seniors, and working class Americans for everything from emergency surgery to combatting opioid addiction.”¹⁶

Supports a Farm Bill that strengthens crop insurance and expands the safety net for poultry growers.

“He always pushes for a Farm Bill that takes a comprehensive approach to agricultural policy: strengthening crop insurance and expanding the safety net for poultry growers, while investing in conservation and energy programs to build a more sustainable and prosperous future for rural Delaware.”²⁶

Wants to invest in conservation and energy programs to build a sustainable future for rural Delaware.

“while investing in conservation and energy programs to build a more sustainable and prosperous future for rural Delaware.”²⁶

Strives to keep Sussex County the top broiler-producing county in the United States.

“He strives to keep Sussex County the No. 1 broiler-producing county in the United States by working with his colleagues from across the aisle.”²⁶