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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

We are requesting $10.6 billion to help Israel defend itself.

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Oct 30, 2023

I think the reason why many of us are so worried about splitting Ukraine aid and Israel aid is because there is an urgency.

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Oct 30, 2023

America must stand strong by our allies. Dictators cannot be allowed to invade sovereign democracies.

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Oct 30, 2023

We can stand with our allies around the world and tackle the challenges facing our families here at home at the same time.

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Oct 26, 2023

on the merits, this resolution is just absurd. The Department of Agriculture is not, as Senator Cruz alleges, punishing schools based upon how they label bathrooms or what they teach in health classes. The offenses that Senator Marshall…

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Oct 26, 2023

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for up to 5 minutes and Senator Stabenow be permitted to speak up to 1 minute prior to the scheduled vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Oct 25, 2023

I recognize the MVP of the baseball team very much for his heroic athletic ability during the climactic game that we had. I rise today in support of H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which…

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Oct 25, 2023

I thought one of the few things that we agreed on with firearms was that people with serious mental illness-- people who are judged to be mentally incompetent--shouldn't be able to buy guns. That is what we are talking about here today. We…

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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

Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts . . . Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror . . . These acts of mass…

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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 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 17, 2023

reserving the right to object, no one is proposing lifting sanctions on Iran. This is a legislative proposal seeking to solve a problem that simply does not exist. So let's make that clear from the outset. Second, the Biden administration…

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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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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

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

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

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Sep 27, 2023

this past February, a woman by the name of Maria Zapata Escamilla was startled out of her sleep in her home in a relatively small city in Mexico. She was startled out of her sleep because a band of men armed with powerful weapons and…

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Sep 27, 2023

right now we are working through a bipartisan proposal to keep the government open and operating, at least for the next several months. But those who study the Constitution might ask: Why is the Senate beginning debate on a continuing…

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Sep 19, 2023

reserving the right to object, I heard a very similar speech last week when Senator Paul came to the floor to offer this exact same resolution, and I came to the floor to offer the exact same objection. I guess we are going to be here next…

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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 13, 2023

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

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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 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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