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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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May 31, 2026

Connecticut remains on the right side of the law and will continue to keep our communities safe from crime and this administration’s lawlessness.

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May 31, 2026

Without a doubt, this facility will impose unfunded mandates on local taxpayers and budgets, all of which will be without federal reimbursement, meaning state and local leaders will need to find the money.

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May 30, 2026

This MAHA PAC thing just seems like a moral and ethical mess.

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May 30, 2026

There are several bills that have been introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate that would direct USPS to issue unique zip codes.

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May 30, 2026

As you know, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has a process to issue unique zip codes for communities, but that process is broken.

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May 30, 2026

This is a high risk strategy, to hope that this economic pressure will eventually cause [Iran] to voluntarily reopen the strait when there's plenty of evidence from military history to show that countries that are being attacked or invaded…

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May 30, 2026

I don't think we're going to adopt this budget, but I think if we did, it'd be a really dangerous prescription – especially for states like Connecticut.

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May 30, 2026

I just think it's important that you just tell us that we're going to train less people with federal dollars, and you're going to ask the private sector and states to pick up the difference.

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May 30, 2026

We are all still reading this bill, but its primary effect seems to be to limit the compensation of athletes while protecting the huge salaries of all the adults - coaches, ADs, sports industry executives - who are getting rich off the…

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May 29, 2026

Whereas Rider sees hockey as character-building fun, Black Bear's objective is far simpler: to make a grotesque amount of money.

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May 29, 2026

And don't like the fact that their current senator seems to be empowering a pretty corrupt agenda in this administration.

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May 29, 2026

It seems like the people of Maine like the fact that he's talking about the struggles that regular people are going through.

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May 28, 2026

There's absolutely no way that that doesn't result in fewer job training slots in Connecticut.

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May 28, 2026

Sure, there are some good things for players in this bill, but this seems like a great deal for the NCAA and the rich guys who run college sports, and a bad deal for athletes.

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May 28, 2026

And it gives the NCAA an antitrust exemption that no other industry gets just so they can keep underpaying the athletes.

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May 28, 2026

We are all still reading this bill, but its primary effect seems to be to limit the compensation of athletes while protecting the huge salaries of all the adults - coaches, ADs, sports industry executives - who are getting rich off the…

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May 27, 2026

It's not credible to come before this committee and say that you are asking for a 25% reduction, and you are going to train more workers and provide more training value. That's just not credible.

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May 27, 2026

Instead of ending the Iran war, instead of trying to do something about these spiraling prices and costs that are being borne by families and the federal government, the president has spent the last few weeks reaching his hand into the…

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May 27, 2026

In Connecticut, corporate greed killed a deal to keep our only major professional sports team, the Connecticut Sun, in the state.

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May 27, 2026

I do not believe it is good policy to support providing bombs and equipment that are directly enabling this violence.

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May 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s rapidly escalating invasion of southern Lebanon is about to create a new humanitarian disaster.

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May 27, 2026

The surge in settler violence against Palestinians and the widespread demolition of their homes is unacceptable and undermines the potential for a two-state solution that protects Israel’s future as a Jewish, democratic state.

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May 27, 2026

I will always support the security of the Israeli people, but Prime Minister Netanyahu has jeopardized that security and Israel’s standing in the world through his handling of the wars in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon, and by allowing total…

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May 27, 2026

It is okay for you to support President Trump, generally and politically, and admit that this war was a massive mistake.

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May 27, 2026

There is a rolling disaster happening throughout the world because of these energy price increases that have been designed, manufactured by Donald Trump.

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