--- type: Person title: "Christopher A. Coons" description: "U.S. Senate - DE — State of Delaware" role: "U.S. Senate - DE" party: "D" level: "federal" branch: "legislative" state: "DE" committees: - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense" role: "ranking-member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Energy and Water Development" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/energy-and-water-development" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/state-foreign-operations-and-related-programs" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Africa and Global Health Policy" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/africa-and-global-health-policy" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy" role: "ranking-member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/east-asia-the-pacific-and-international-cybersecurity-policy" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/multilateral-international-development-multilateral-institutions-and-international-economic-energy-and-environmental-policy" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/state-department-and-usaid-management-international-operations-and-bilateral-international-development" - name: "Senate Select Committee on Ethics" role: "vice-chair" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-ethics" - name: "Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/small-business-and-entrepreneurship" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Border Security and Immigration" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/border-security-and-immigration" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Crime and Counterterrorism" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/crime-and-counterterrorism" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Intellectual Property" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/intellectual-property" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Privacy, Technology, and the Law" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/privacy-technology-and-the-law" tenure: start: "2025-01-03" current: true election: next: 2026 term_length: 6 term_limit: "none" ids: person: "455e6bb8-5cf8-4c57-9b43-445b547f5e9b" office: "0dca372c-e4c4-4833-a872-68368d086581" tenure: "5e8d5227-0d6b-44cf-9285-ab5812e2bf1a" jurisdiction: "d65452bc-9169-4acc-a0ec-69a0bfdba8f1" bioguide: "C001088" sources: - field: tenure source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20" - field: jurisdiction source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction" - field: roles source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)" confidence: official tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, de] timestamp: "2026-07-04" --- # Christopher A. Coons Current U.S. Senate - DE (State of Delaware). ## Committees - [Senate Committee on Appropriations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense.md) — **ranking-member** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Energy and Water Development](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/energy-and-water-development.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/state-foreign-operations-and-related-programs.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations.md) - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Africa and Global Health Policy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/africa-and-global-health-policy.md) - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/east-asia-the-pacific-and-international-cybersecurity-policy.md) — **ranking-member** - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/multilateral-international-development-multilateral-institutions-and-international-economic-energy-and-environmental-policy.md) - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/state-department-and-usaid-management-international-operations-and-bilateral-international-development.md) - [Senate Select Committee on Ethics](/us/bodies/senate/committees/senate-select-committee-on-ethics.md) — **vice-chair** - [Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship](/us/bodies/senate/committees/small-business-and-entrepreneurship.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Border Security and Immigration](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/border-security-and-immigration.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Crime and Counterterrorism](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/crime-and-counterterrorism.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Intellectual Property](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/intellectual-property.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Privacy, Technology, and the Law](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/privacy-technology-and-the-law.md) ## Sources - tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20 - jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction - roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project) Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).