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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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Jul 10, 2012

Have you ever seen the movie ``Fatal Attraction''? It's a great film. The Glenn Close character is so obsessed with Michael Douglas that she does everything within her power to try to win him over, flipping out at the end of the movie by…

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Jun 26, 2012

And I would like to thank the chairman for his assistance and leadership in bringing this bill forward today. This legislation before us, as Chairman Whitfield stated, is pretty simple. It will allow FERC the permissive authority to allow…

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Jun 19, 2012

Our strategic goal has to be to try to influence Egyptian politics so they become more inclusive and ultimately more resilient.

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Jun 19, 2012

I do not think it's advisable to condition U.S. aid on political milestones in Egypt for two reasons.

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Jun 19, 2012

I can't tell you what the level of U.S. assistance to Egypt should be, nor is it my role to.

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Jun 19, 2012

In my judgment, reshaping the aid package will actually improve our relationship with Egypt in the longer term.

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May 30, 2012

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz. I don't think that we were ever allowed down on the House floor this early. It was normally close to the witching hour when I, Representative Ryan, you, and Representative Meek were…

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May 17, 2012

I thank the ranking member. I rise today to support my amendment, No. 97, originally introduced as the American Jobs Matter Act, that is included in this en bloc package. This amendment will finally allow American manufacturers to compete…

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May 17, 2012

Thank you very much, Mr. Rahall. I rise in support of this motion to instruct. Over the past year, the President and Democrats have proposed a series of measures to spend a little bit of money to put people back to work, to spend some…

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Apr 27, 2012

The question before the House today was whether we were going to take money for preventive services for women and children and give it to college students. That's a really dumb question. It's not dumb because of the recipient of the money…

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Apr 24, 2012

I think it is appropriate, Dr. Ellis, that a lot of the questioning has focused on the revelations that you have brought to light because it speaks to this much larger issue of an explosion of for-profit institutional care in this Country.

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Mar 14, 2012

The lack of positive involvement by the Secretary of the Interior has impeded the establishment of a negotiation framework to resolve Standing Rock's water rights issues.

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Mar 14, 2012

We urge Congress to make the necessary resources available so that the Aamodt Litigation Settlement can be fully implemented.

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Mar 7, 2012

As we do here in Congress every time that gas prices rise, Members from both sides of the aisle are quick to blame each other. The reasons we find ourselves with high gas prices today aren't simple, and we should be wary of anyone who's…

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Mar 6, 2012

It is with great excitement and anticipation that I am writing in support of Senate Bill 1191.

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Mar 6, 2012

I think protecting it as a national historical park would be hugely in the public interest, and a wonderful way to honor his memory.

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Feb 15, 2012

Millions of Egyptians put their lives on the line to make a free Egypt, and so it is hard for a lot of people watching this to understand that within a year their leaders are behaving in some ways that is worse than the people that they…

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Feb 15, 2012

We are having a hearing today that effectively limits the ability of women to present their case on why they deserve to have access to the full range of reproductive health care.

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Feb 15, 2012

I don't think a bunch of guys, a bunch of men, on this committee should be making the decision as to whether contraception is available.

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Feb 15, 2012

There are two sides. I admit that there is a very important question about religious freedom, but is also a very important question about women's health care.

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Feb 7, 2012

I don't think that much of what labor is advocating for is considered extreme today.

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Feb 7, 2012

I think it stands behind a lot of the attacks we have seen on labor unions, this idea that labor unions are speaking in some radical way.

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Jan 23, 2012

I'm so grateful that as we prepare to receive the President tomorrow night for his State of the Union Address that we're going to be joined by our colleague, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. The courage that she has shone in her long recovery…

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Dec 15, 2011

I have listened to a lot of Republicans here on the House floor and back in Connecticut talk about how they think that the only way to build up America is to tear down government and start divesting from our public institutions. That's…

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Dec 13, 2011

I think we have learned a lot of lessons over the past decade about the difference between unilateral action and multilateral action.

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