Chris Murphy actually said...

"I understand that it's a lot easier to use the issue of migration as a political cudgel than to see it as a problem that needs to get solved."

"So I'm a new chairman of this committee. I took the job knowing about the politics that surround this issue."

"I hope that we get to have a meaningful discussion today about the border and the many other challenges that are facing the department."

"I think the border wall is a terrible idea, a waste of taxpayer money, an invitation to continue to seed these illegitimate fears of immigrants."