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Chris Scott Murphy is a United States Senator from Connecticut, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Murphy has been a prominent advocate for various progressive issues, including gun control, healthcare reform, and climate change action. He has played a significant role in national discussions surrounding these topics, often emphasizing the need for legislative changes to address pressing societal challenges.
I thank the Senator. I am reclaiming my time. I thank the Senator for asking that question because I think it is important for us to be clear about why we are here. We are here not to hold the floor for holding the floor's sake but because…
I thank Senator Durbin for the question. Illinois and Connecticut have amongst the toughest background check laws in the Nation, but our laws are no good if the State next door to us has amongst the weakest laws in the Nation. Our Nation's…
Mr. President, through the Chair, I am. I yield to the Senator for another question.
I yield to the Senator from Maryland for a question without losing my right to the floor.
Mr. President, I thank the Senator for the question. We have given law enforcement new tools to find people who are contemplating political violence against American citizens; yet there is this gap in which law enforcement has information…
Mr. President, I thank Senator Leahy for being such an amazing champion and the author of many of the underlying protections that we are talking about expanding and making more effective today. He is an absolute giant on the issue of…
Mr. President, reclaiming the floor, I thank the Senator for his comments. We are here for the explicit purpose of trying to bring this body together in a way that can advance both of these issues--stopping terrorists from being able to…
Mr. President, I am familiar with that report. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator for another question.
Mr. President, I thank the Senator for the question and for specifically referring to the GAO report. Over 10 years, 91 percent of people who were on the terrorist watch list who tried to buy a gun was successful in buying a gun--9 out of…
I thank the Senator. I think the question is simply: Why are you here--you asked for this job--if you didn't want to confront the big questions and the big problems? Nobody denies that this is an epidemic of criminal proportions. Nobody…
I thank the Senator for that question in particular. I think back to where I was--and I think we all can remember with specificity where we were when we first heard about Sandy Hook, when we first heard that there were 20 dead children…
I thank the Senator from Michigan for asking the question that is the crux of this debate. It is our responsibility to do everything within our power to protect Americans from terrorist attacks. The reality is, terrorist attacks can come…
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