Chris Murphy

What an absolute tragedy that these kids... aren't able to get a degree.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I'm so pleased to have with us today Ethan Senack.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I merely wanted to welcome Mr. Counihan to the panel; so glad that the committee selected him to join us.

I really just had one subject to explore, and that is to go a little bit more deeply into the leverage that comes through military cooperation.

A top priority for us, as well.

It worries me that we are spending 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure, when Europe is spending twice that, China is spending four times that.

It worries me that it is three times as expensive today to get an advanced degree in this country in real dollars than it was in 1980.

I mean, frankly, before this crisis happened, these centers knew exactly how much money you had to negotiate with.

They believe that the enrollment freeze is going to far surpass the amount of money that you actually need to save.

I'll just respectfully disagree. I certainly understand that keeping that data secret helps your negotiations.

We are going to have to decide whether this is important enough to us that we actually put some pressure on China to change its policy.

I write to you today to request that you undertake an immediate investigation into the alarming number of deaths and cases of abuse of developmentally disabled individuals in group homes.

Your colleague, Senator Chris Murphy, called for a nation-wide investigation in March of 2013.

People argue about the Second Amendment. Well, the Second Amendment says 'a well regulated militia,' to bear arms, safe and free, freedom of state. It has not been well regulated, and it is not being well regulated.

This bill that Senator Feinstein has proposed I read over. It is not about taking the weapons from the owners of them. It is putting a ban on the manufacturing and curbing the sale of them.

This bill does not take guns out of the hands of Americans. It does not strip Americans of their Second Amendment rights.

It is time for Congress to pick a side. This time I hope it is law enforcement's.

Now, the Second Amendment, like every constitutional right, is subject to reasonable restrictions and regulation.

The notion that innocent, law-abiding citizens will use an assault weapon or high-capacity firearm to protect themselves is not our experience.

I don't waste a moment to make a pitch for supportive housing because, to me, it's the building block of success.

It's just good business for Walgreens. They certainly are doing it because they believe it's the right thing.

We’ll build about three times as many supportive housing units across the country with Federal dollars.

I think it's incredibly important, and we have sort of been talking about it with respect to simplicity as it relates to employers.

What an important hearing.

I worry a little bit about our ability to micromanage this problem, and I think a lot of the ideas we are talking about are incredibly important.