Awards & Recognition
★2015 Legislator of the Year by Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
★2019 Champion of Science Award from The Science Coalition
★Friend of Farm Bureau Award from American Farm Bureau Federation
★1983 Truman Scholar from Delaware - first Truman Scholar to serve in U.S. Senate
★1999 Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Award for work with 'I Have a Dream' Foundation
Notable Facts
→Senior U.S. Senator from Delaware since 2010, currently Delaware's senior senator
→Serves on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Small Business and Ethics committees
→Vice chair of Senate Ethics Committee, previously chaired 2021-2025
→One of only three senators with a divinity degree from Yale Divinity School
→Co-chair of Senate Chicken Caucus and weekly bipartisan Senate Prayer Breakfast
→Has sponsored 25 bills that were enacted into law
→Previously served as New Castle County Executive (2005-2010)
→Graduate of Amherst College and Yale Law School/Divinity School
→Close ally of President Biden, formerly interned in Biden's Senate office