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Chris Murphy

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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.

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Mar 9, 2015

You have seen maybe a slower than expected take-up thus far, but you are doing everything within your power right now.

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Mar 3, 2015

I think there really is a real concern in Moscow that casualties could have an impact.

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Mar 3, 2015

We are obsessed with this question of providing arms to the Ukrainians, and it matters.

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Mar 3, 2015

Putin has a lot of goals here, but one of them is to break Europe.

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Mar 3, 2015

I am supportive of extending defensive weapons to the Ukrainian Army, but I want to express now some questions regarding some reservations that I have about that position.

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Mar 3, 2015

Only U.S. leadership in this crisis provides the necessary condition to ensure the sustained resolve of our allies.

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Mar 3, 2015

Supporting Ukraine at this moment means... giving them means to defend their democracy.

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Mar 3, 2015

This is a fight about principles, ideals, a way of life.

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Mar 3, 2015

Putin's military excursions are always the prelude to the centralization of his personal power.

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Mar 3, 2015

Ukraine gave up 1,800 warheads, one-third of the Soviet nuclear arsenal, to help secure peace in post-cold-war Europe.

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Mar 3, 2015

I hope the administration will make use of these authorities.

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Feb 25, 2015

We really believe that... an aerospace focused manufacturing innovation center should be one of the next that's authorized.

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Feb 25, 2015

I just wanted to make sure that there's still going to be a commitment to this aquaculture research, both in Connecticut and in Washington.

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Feb 25, 2015

90 percent of Americans support the notion that everyone should have to prove they are not a criminal before they buy a gun.

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Feb 25, 2015

I'd just point out the genesis of the law to just remind folks, this was bipartisan at the outset.

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Feb 25, 2015

President Reagan said, upon signing it, that there are "certain forms of ammunition that have no legitimate sporting, recreational or self-defense use and, thus, should be prohibited."

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Feb 25, 2015

It's a moment in time where, if we capture the best available technology, there's a mountain of work to be had.

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Feb 25, 2015

We really believe that, as you have this tsunami of aerospace purchasing coming...

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Feb 25, 2015

I think it's absolutely transformational.

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Feb 24, 2015

I thought your answer to Senator Kaine's question was definitive in that you worry, as I know the President does, that a large-scale deployment of troops could become recruiting fodder for extremists as our presence in Iraq did over the 10…

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Feb 24, 2015

If our forces were there taking fire from an ISIL position and needed to advance on that position to eliminate it in order to defend our troops, I assume that that action in that time and space looking like an offensive action would still…

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Feb 24, 2015

I agree with Senator Boxer, they are straightforward and very helpful.

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Feb 24, 2015

A lot of attention has been given to this phrase 'enduring,' not as much attention given to the juxtaposition...

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Feb 24, 2015

I do not think this President is going to authorize this, but this is a 3-year authorization, so the next President will get the chance to decide differently.

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Feb 23, 2015

I think that we are just going to be debating the amount of fuzz that is created here.

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