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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 14, 2026

More and more people are riding the Amtrak through the Northeast Corridor, especially in Connecticut.

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Jul 10, 2026

We again insist that you follow the law, refuse to implement President Trump’s Executive Order, and withdraw this presidentially-directed proposed rule.

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Jul 9, 2026

Special education and vocational rehabilitation are education programs. Any attempt to move these programs to HHS would fundamentally alter the purposes of these services, upending fifty years of work that took place at the federal, state…

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Jul 9, 2026

We have a simple demand: follow our nation’s education and appropriations laws as Congress wrote them to protect students’ most basic right to a quality education.

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Jul 9, 2026

The administration’s latest attempts to dismantle the Department of Education through the four Interagency Agreements (IAA) announced June 16, 2026 are outrageous and put the educational outcomes of students and their rights in the…

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Jul 6, 2026

Donald Trump is the most unpopular president in the recent history of this country. And so he is trying to rig the election in part by creating this national…

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Jul 6, 2026

We just choose not to because we've become okay with dozens and dozens of people in this country making hundreds of billions of dollars.

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Jul 6, 2026

In the most affluent, most powerful country in the world, if you work full time, you should be able to pay your bills.

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Jul 4, 2026

I think we have to understand that people do not believe that this version of capitalism has worked. And frankly, it hasn't worked.

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Jul 4, 2026

Accordingly, we insist that the Postal Service abandon this proposed regulation and return to its core mission of providing universal postal services to every American.

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Jul 3, 2026

I think the only way that we give them that place is by being stronger in the way that we confront the consolidation of corporate power in this country.

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Jul 3, 2026

At your confirmation hearing last year, you pledged, ‘We’re not going to balance budgets on the back of veterans’ benefits.’ We urge you to honor that commitment by abandoning these proposals and to further reject any legislation that…

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Jul 3, 2026

No president, in the history of this country, has done what Donald Trump has done. No president has done 5% of the self-dealing that Donald Trump has done in the last year and a half.

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Jul 3, 2026

I think it’s time to pull back and see the full picture, to not view this as just one isolated scandal after another, every single one popping up each week or every few days, but to understand the full scope of the illegality.

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Jul 2, 2026

Despite these grave and serious legal deficiencies, on June 2, 2026, USPS published a proposed rule that, if finalized, would establish President Trump’s control over federal elections and allow USPS to adjudicate who can and cannot vote…

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Jul 2, 2026

Accordingly, we insist that the Postal Service abandon this proposed regulation and return to its core mission of providing universal postal services to every American. The Constitution and federal law demand nothing less.

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Jul 1, 2026

I just think that we have to accept into the coalition people that may have voted for Donald Trump and want a party that is going to unrig the democracy.

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Jul 1, 2026

This is the kind of idea that shows that the Democratic Party is ready to fundamentally change this economy.

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Jul 1, 2026

The problem with the SAVE Act is that they don't really care about the voter ID provision. That's not why they're pushing the SAVE Act.

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Jul 1, 2026

“It’s just shocking this was a 5-4 ruling. The plain language of the Constitution is clear, and the fact that four justices chose to willingly ignore the Constitution in order to give Trump a total victory is a sign that this court is…

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Jul 1, 2026

Maduro's illegitimate election does not give the president the power to invade without congressional approval, nor does it create a national security justification. That contention is laughable.

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Jun 30, 2026

We are equally opposed to the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act because it codifies the same harmful reductions in benefits for veterans with tinnitus and sleep apnea benefits.

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Jun 30, 2026

We urge you to honor that commitment by abandoning these proposals and to further reject any legislation that would permanently cut off these benefits to veterans.

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Jun 30, 2026

Ultimately, the proposed rule seeks to create a centralized national absentee voter database with individualized barcodes connected to the voters’ names under the control of the President that contains the voting information of millions of…

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Jun 30, 2026

I think we have been probably far too judgmental of some of these voters on the right, because they don't share all of our cultural and social views.

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