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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 15, 2025

But it would have sent a message that the Democratic Party is not going to be bullied by Donald Trump.

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Mar 15, 2025

Senator Schumer certainly can lead this caucus. He can lead this caucus. But we need to have a conversation inside the caucus about whether we are willing to stand up to Republicans.

abcnews.go.com
Mar 15, 2025

If we don’t get that right, if we continue to work with Republicans, if we continue to hand Donald Trump more power, we are going to lose our democracy.

nbcnews.com
Mar 11, 2025

If our new reality is that a president can disappear an opposition protester, with no charges filed against then, we are not America any longer. Today it’s Mahmoud Khalil. Tomorrow, it’s me or you.

thenation.com
Mar 11, 2025

Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption.

msnbc.com
Mar 11, 2025

Due to obligations, I was unable to submit a vote for the Motion to Recommit, Roll Call No. 69, on HR 1968. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 69. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the…

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Mar 10, 2025

We’ve been on this journey since the 1980s to lionize the individual and marginalize the common good, and I think that’s been really harmful for men.

thenation.com
Mar 10, 2025

Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption.

nbcnews.com
Mar 10, 2025

Richard is providing this gift, which is a safe place to talk about these issues and help on terminology and language.

thenation.com
Mar 6, 2025

I am a big Boston Red Sox fan, and one of the most famous players in Red Sox recent history is Manny Ramirez. Manny Ramirez was a good baseball player, but he had a habit of doing some pretty ridiculous things on the field and off the…

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Mar 4, 2025

reserving the right to object, as I understand it, this bill--this resolution seeks to establish an American Girls in Sports Day. Obviously, that sounds like a really good idea until you read the resolution, and you realize that this…

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Mar 4, 2025

We have heard from great speakers talking about the problem with chronic disease in the United States. One of the issues that face people who have hypertension, kidney disease, and diabetes is that they can't get the medicines or the…

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Mar 3, 2025

we don’t have another year to fight this attempt to destroy democracy. Our democracy might be gone in six months.

nbcnews.com
Mar 3, 2025

It was a mistake. I think a lot of us thought that Marco Rubio was going to stand up to Donald Trump on an issue like this.

thenation.com
Mar 2, 2025

I’m of the school that you have to fight every day and that if you don’t, people aren’t going to think that it’s a red alert moment.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

When somebody is trying to grab power, when somebody is trying to destroy democracy, they benefit from people who are static, who refuse to be nimble.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

I mean, every Democrat could just continue to run in the same direction they’ve been running for the last 10 years.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

Being president is just not in my brain at all right now.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

We don’t have another year to fight this attempt to destroy democracy. Our democracy might be gone in six months.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

A lot of people in the Democratic Party tried to make it sound like Bernie was divisive, when, in fact, Bernie’s message, still to this day, speaks to a lot of folks that voted for Donald Trump.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

I’m looking to build a movement all around this country.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

I just wake up every day and say what I feel and I think, and it sort of feels to me that these days, authenticity is the only thing that matters in politics.

nbcnews.com
Mar 2, 2025

we don’t have another year to fight this attempt to destroy democracy. Our democracy might be gone in six months.

nbcnews.com

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