Honorable Christopher A. Coons
United States Senator, Delaware, Democrat
Sen. Coons is the junior U.S. senator from Delaware, first elected in 2010. He currently serves on the following committees: Appropriations; Foreign Relations; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and Judiciary. The following is an excerpt from his speech on the Senate floor delivered on Oct. 16, 2025, where he spoke against the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2026. I rise today to address the moment that we are in here in the U.S. Senate. We are about to proceed to a vote on a motion that the majority leader has laid on the floor. I am the senior Democrat on…
