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Chris Coons' Public Statements on Issue: National Security

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03/06/2020 Carper, Coons back coronavirus funding bill
03/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services - Cardin, Van Hollen, Senate Democrats to Azar: Trump Administration's Health Care Sabotage Undermines Coronavirus Response
03/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Esper, Secretary of the United States Department of Defense - U.S. Senator Tina Smith & Democratic Senate Colleagues Defend Right of Department of Defense Civilian Workers to Engage in Collective Bargaining
03/03/2020 Letter to the Hon. Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom - Van Hollen, Colleagues Sign Bipartisan Letter Calling for UK to Reconsider Huawei Decision
01/14/2020 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump - Senate Democrats Support Puerto Rico's Request For A Major Disaster Declaration To Respond To Earthquakes
01/14/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Murray, Cantwell Demand Answers from CBP Following Reports of Delays and Enhanced Screening for Iranian Americans
12/16/2019 Sen. Coons secures $425 million for election security in spending bill poised to become law
12/16/2019 Sen. Coons' Global Fragility Act included in spending deal; bill prevents terrorism and instability in fragile countries
12/10/2019 Gardner, Risch, Menendez, Coons Mark Anniversary of the Chinese Government's Unlawful Detention of Canadian Citizens
12/09/2019 Senator Coons' statement on the DOJ Inspector General report on the Russia probe
11/20/2019 Letter to Jeffrey Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com, Inc. - Wyden, Markey, Van Hollen, Coons, Peters Question Ring's Data Security Practices
11/12/2019 Young, Merkley, Rubio, Coons Legislation Calls for Global Economic Security Strategy
09/19/2019 Senate Appropriations Committee Approves $250 Million In Critical Election Security Funding
09/12/2019 Letter to the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, and the Hon. Christopher Wray, Dir. of the Federal Bureau of Investigations - Peters, Colleagues Press FBI and DHS Leadership on Use of Facial Recognition Technology in State DMV Databases
08/28/2019 CNN "The Lead With Jake Tapper" - Transcript "Interview with DE Se. Chris Coons"
08/26/2019 CNN "Erin Burnett Out Front" - Transcript: "Interview with Rep. Chris Coons"
08/01/2019 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Sen. Coons on markup of Graham asylum proposal: "This committee should be the bipartisan place where we hammer out solutions" not tear each other apart
07/31/2019 Letter to Mike Pompeo, U.S Secretary of State - Cortez Masto Joins Letter Raising Concerns About Trump Administration's Incoherent Policies for Central America
06/14/2019 Cortez Masto Cosponsors Legislation to Modernize Voting Systems and Protect Against Electoral Interference
06/13/2019 AG Barr to Sen. Coons: Contact FBI if given foreign oppo research
05/16/2019 Letter to the Hon. Brian Newby, Executive Director of the Election Assistance Commission - Klobuchar, Coons Press U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Cybersecurity Expertise and Agency Management
05/08/2019 Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee - Senate Judiciary Democrats Renew Call for Mueller Hearing
05/02/2019 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, U.S. Attorney General and the Hon. Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Durbin, Booker, Senators Call Out Trump Admin For Inadequate Effort To Combat White Supremacist Violence
05/01/2019 Sen. Coons: "The Attorney General is conceiving of himself as the President's lawyer, not the people's lawyer."
05/01/2019 Sen. Coons to AG Barr: "The President ordered the White House counsel to have Special Counsel Mueller fired. He fabricated evidence to cover it up. And, whether or not you could make a criminal charge of this, it is unacceptable"

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