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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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Apr 2, 2023

I want to ban assault weapons. I think it's just absolutely unconscionable that we allow these weapons of war to be in commercial circulation.

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Apr 2, 2023

We've got to change the nation's gun laws. We've got to put more trauma resources into our schools.

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Apr 2, 2023

I just don't understand why we choose to live like this. Why we choose to make our kids fear for their lives when they walk into their schools.

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Mar 29, 2023

Upwards of 70 percent of the crime guns that are recovered in Mexico originate from the United States and we should be expected to do much more about that.

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Mar 29, 2023

We pressed him on offers of cooperation that we have made to his government to try to work together on identifying precursor shipments and fentanyl labs.

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Mar 29, 2023

Upwards of 70 percent of the crime guns that are recovered in Mexico originate from the United States and we should be expected to do much more about that.

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Mar 29, 2023

I hope that you're right. I mean, I think if past is predicate, we have had difficulty in convincing the Mexican Government to take our offers.

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Mar 29, 2023

We pressed him on offers of cooperation that we have made to his government to try to work together on identifying precursor shipments and fentanyl labs.

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Mar 29, 2023

I think one of the most difficult things this committee will have to deal with is this rather unusual request to set aside a significant portion of funding.

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Mar 29, 2023

People in this building often pretend that you have the legal ability to just keep denying entry to migrants indefinitely under Title 42. You don't.

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Mar 29, 2023

This is a red alert moment and while Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alone can't come close to solving this crisis, I plan on pushing to dramatically scale up every capability that you have and the department has to stop the flow of…

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Mar 29, 2023

Upwards of 70 percent of the crime guns that are recovered in Mexico originate from the United States and we should be expected to do much more about that.

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Mar 29, 2023

We pressed him on offers of cooperation that we have made to his government to try to work together on identifying precursor shipments and fentanyl labs.

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Mar 29, 2023

I plan on pushing to dramatically scale up every capability that you have and the department has to stop the flow of these poisons into our homeland.

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Mar 29, 2023

Upwards of 70 percent of the crime guns that are recovered in Mexico originate from the United States and we should be expected to do much more about that.

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Mar 29, 2023

I hope that you're right. I mean, I think if past is predicate, we have had difficulty in convincing the Mexican Government to take our offers.

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Mar 29, 2023

We pressed him on offers of cooperation that we have made to his government to try to work together on identifying precursor shipments and fentanyl labs.

congress.gov
Mar 29, 2023

I think one of the most difficult things this committee will have to deal with is this rather unusual request to set aside a significant portion of funding.

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Mar 29, 2023

People in this building often pretend that you have the legal ability to just keep denying entry to migrants indefinitely under Title 42. You don't.

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Mar 29, 2023

This is a red alert moment and while Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alone can't come close to solving this crisis, I plan on pushing to dramatically scale up every capability that you have and the department has to stop the flow of…

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Mar 28, 2023

But the judge is making a finding that you have engaged in conduct that is not allowed by the underlying law, i.e., illegal behavior.

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Mar 28, 2023

It is kind of disappointing and sad and wild to me at how sort of partisan this debate has become.

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Mar 28, 2023

I find it hard to believe your insistence that notwithstanding this extraordinary set of decisions, ... you are in fact consistently abiding by the law as your testimony is before this Committee.

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Mar 28, 2023

Collective bargaining is a fundamentally conservative idea.

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Mar 28, 2023

Upwards of 70 percent of the crime guns that are recovered in Mexico originate from the United States and we should be expected to do much more about that.

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