Chris Murphy

If China wants to become a true superpower standing next to the United States, then they have to accept that they need to play by international norms.

America stands by our allies and that the existence of the Philippines, a treaty ally, as a competing claimant...

We have to speak out, as you said and as I said in my opening, when we disagree.

I appreciate the work that you will do on this.

The United States stands with the people of Ukraine.

I think that we should be troubled by the prospect of Erdogan trying to rearrange the constitution as a means of continuing his reign there beyond what has been expected by the people of Turkey.

President Compaore has proven to be a leader, especially in mediating many of these conflicts.

The skills that normally come into this country complement rather than simply replicate the skills of American workers.

It is not a choice for them necessarily, but there is certainly a lot of leverage that we have at our disposal.

I know it isn't easy, and I appreciate all your efforts. Thank you very much.

But I guess the point is that we do make a commitment to these kids to help them pay for education.

Instead of just essentially handing them that at age 18, why not hand that to them at age zero and allow them to watch the money develop over time.

The idea is that as a matter of birthright, every child would get, essentially, a bond that would accrue on an annual basis of perhaps $250 or $500 per year.

It also speaks to the issue of financial literacy.

It is a concept that was employed in Great Britain for a period of time and was introduced in the U.S. Senate through a proposal by Senator Santorum and others.

You actually have to go out and find employers who are willing to take workers on a temporary basis, a trial basis, and allow the workers to prove that they can overcome the stigma that has been associated with the long-term unemployed.

The concept is twofold. One, that these are different workers and they need a level of support service around them that is just distinct from what shorter term unemployed need.

Thank you for convening this hearing, and thank you to the panel. You are all wonderful to be here with us.

And let me add my thanks to those of Senator Warren to the amazing acts of heroism performed by her constituents, and the lives that have been saved through a health care system that responded in ways that we hope that the health care…

We in Connecticut had a crisis with respect to access to pediatric dentistry, not unlike other States...

I wanted to follow along the same line of questions as Senator Roberts and Senator Burr, which is, questions about how we can get a bigger bang for our buck

A U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut

I thought you were an extremely well-qualified nominee to begin with.

Well, of course, the only reason why we're not going to college is money.

Clearly, one of the things here is what we can do to try to make the package that we give students more generous.