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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.
Mr. President, arguably the only good thing that the existing education law did was expose these unconscionable gaps in this country between the performance of minority kids and nonminority kids, between disabled kids and nondisabled kids…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Russell Armstrong, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the rest of the month. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Fischer). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Madam President, hopefully, we can move on. After a Presidential election, two Supreme Court cases, 60-plus votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the House of Representatives, and endless debates here in the Senate, maybe now is the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cotton). Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, we had a wonderful event last night here in Washington that I was able to attend. It was a night honoring champions for anti-gun violence measures across the country. It was put on by Sandy Hook Promise, which is an…
Mr. President, let me say, before turning to the topic at hand, those of us from Connecticut--especially those of us in and around Sandy Hook, CT--our hearts go out to the community in Charleston. The grief and tragedy they are working and…
Mr. President, I was so glad to see Senator Stabenow down on the floor a week ago talking about a pretty simple issue, which is the tax increase that is going to occur to 6.4 million Americans if the Supreme Court rules this week, next…
Mr. President, I am coming to the floor to speak on behalf of an amendment I am offering, along with Senators Schatz, Udall, Blumenthal, Heinrich, Tester, Merkley, and Baldwin. Today, it was announced that President Obama is going to be…
Madam President, we are hopefully going to be able to vote very shortly on an amendment to the NDAA that I have submitted, No. 1901, which speaks to a pretty simple concept that when we spend taxpayer money and 70 percent of the goods that…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Amanda Clinton, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the calendar year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
Mr. President, shown in this picture I have in the Chamber is Christina from Stratford, CT. She is a small business owner, and she has a story that is becoming pretty familiar all across the country. She left a job a couple of years ago…
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