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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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Oct 30, 2023

Let us show them the strength of democracy by passing a robust, bipartisan national security package.

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Oct 30, 2023

Israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself and to try to take every possible step to make sure this does not happen again.

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Oct 30, 2023

Today's battles against aggression and terrorism will define global security for years to come.

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Oct 30, 2023

I strongly support their robust efforts to ensure further access to humanitarian relief for the civilians of Gaza.

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Oct 30, 2023

Huge super majorities in the House and Senate favor more support for Ukraine.

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Oct 18, 2023

We're not holding one set of aid hostage to another set of aid. We're just acknowledging the fact that right now, there is a majority in the Senate and in the House that supports both Ukraine aid and Israel aid.

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Oct 18, 2023

The president can anchor us in a sense of what our role is when it comes to trying to bring order to that chaos.

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Oct 18, 2023

In Israel, we are engaged in a communal fight against terrorism. This country has lost thousands of people to terrorist attacks. Israel has now lost over 1,000, and if you don't fight Hamas alongside Israel, then these groups grow in…

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Oct 3, 2023

I hope that you will find bipartisan support for that effort.

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Oct 3, 2023

I think was a mistake, but it does seem, with the opening or the proposed opening of a site in Brazil, that you do see the efficacy of actually having some folks on site.

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Oct 3, 2023

My read is, is that that very small investment paid dividends in terms of deals, but also had a calming effect on the region writ large.

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Oct 3, 2023

We need a full-time envoy. North Korea's impact on regional and global security dynamics is serious and consequential.

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Oct 3, 2023

The release of Travis King was the best possible outcome for all parties involved.

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Sep 13, 2023

I think it underscores the importance of the ultimate goal which is to break the United States and Europe free of dependence on oil and gas, period stop, because there seem to be no great choices in the region.

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Sep 13, 2023

This is, obviously, a crisis; one that requires active U.S. leadership.

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Sep 13, 2023

People are dying. I do not know how many more have to die.

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Sep 13, 2023

Listen, I--right, but our alternative is turning from dependence on one dictatorship to a different dictatorship and the question now becomes are we funding Azerbaijan's efforts to impose a brutal blockade on the Armenian people.

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Sep 13, 2023

I think you have to put all possible tools on the table because gentle diplomacy does not seem to be working.

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Sep 13, 2023

I would hate to see that this Administration stands by and allows ethnic cleansing to take place on their watch and under their eye.

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Sep 13, 2023

We only embolden Aliyev. We give him a message that it is okay. That is the wrong message.

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Sep 6, 2023

I am proud of the funding that we have put forward, but it is dependent upon having a willing partner

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Sep 6, 2023

We have nearly a billion dollars in dedicated funding to help Homeland Security agencies work with the Mexican Government.

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Jul 25, 2023

Last year, I led the effort to support Lithuania, which faced PRC-based trade retaliation for opening a Taiwan representative office.

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Jul 25, 2023

Beijing's bullying undermines U.S. national security and the international rules-based order.

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Jul 25, 2023

Beijing seeks to manipulate global supply chains, make other nations dependent on the PRC, and use that dependency to exert leverage over them.

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