--- title: Chris Coons | TIME description: Senator Coons is the ranking member of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee in the Senate and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. canonical: https://time.com/author/sen-chris-coons/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sen-chris-coons/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Coons ## Chris Coons _Senator Coons is the ranking member of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee in the Senate and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee._ ## Chris Coons *  Feb 5, 2026 ### [Congress Must Fight Back Against American Isolationism](https://time.com/7369006/congress-fight-american-isolationism-trump/) "Our allies no longer trust Trump, and by extension, the United States," writes Senator Chris Coons. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 3, 2025 ### [America Needs to Strengthen Its Presence in the Indo-Pacific](https://time.com/7313958/america-presence-indo-pacific/) Senators Chris Coons and Gary Peters and Representatives Mike Turner and Trent Kelly argue that the ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 9, 2024 ### [Why Trump's Talk of Recess Appointments Is Dangerous](https://time.com/7200290/trump-recess-appointments-cabinet/) The President-elect may appoint extreme cabinet members without congressional scrutiny, writes Senat... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 5, 2023 ### [From Ukraine to Israel, Congress Can't Abandon Our Allies](https://time.com/6342709/ukraine-israel-congress-supplemental-funding/) Before the end of 2023, Congress must pass supplemental funding to support Ukraine, Israel, and othe... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 20, 2018 ### [Why This Picture of Jeff Flake at the Brett Kavanaugh Hearing Was One of the Most Important Photos of 2018](https://time.com/5482856/time-top-10-photos-2018-jeff-flake-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford/) Senator Chris Coons, who was there, describes the deeper meaning of the image [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 22, 2017 ### [Sec. Albright, Sen. Coons: Donald Trump Must Realize Diplomacy Protects America](https://time.com/4952214/trump-diplomacy-protect-america/) International institutions are vital to national security [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 30, 2017 ### [The Threat to American Elections You Don’t Know About But Should](https://time.com/4837622/voter-suppression-democracy-senator-chris-coons/) Too few Americans realize how successful voter suppression is [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 17, 2017 ### [Senators: U.S. Cybersecurity Is Too Weak](https://time.com/4636236/senators-cybersecurity-russia/) Increasingly complex and frequent attacks require a streamlined Congressional committee [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 31, 2016 ### [The Secret Tax That Targets Families Affected By Death or Disability](https://time.com/4352772/stop-taxing-death-and-disability-act/) We must help give grieving families closure—not more taxes [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"\_\_typename":"Seo","meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection","edges":\[\]},"twitter\_card":null} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-chris-coons/","name":"Chris Coons"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-chris-coons/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sen-chris-coons/"},"name":"Chris Coons","jobTitle":"","description":"Senator Coons is the ranking member of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee in the Senate and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.","url":"https://time.com/author/sen-chris-coons/","sameAs":["https://x.com/ChrisCoons"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```