Chris Murphy

I certainly understand that it's state's responsibility to build up reserves.

Migrants, as it turns out, don't really care who the President of the United States is.

The most serious threat of physical harm to Americans does not come right now from a foreign army or from immigrants, as some would have us believe, but from the increasing tendency towards deadly violence from a small often heavily armed…

It's a lot easier to use the issue of migration as a political cudgel than to see it as a problem that needs to get solved.

The Federal Government was sometimes more of a hindrance than help.

President Biden expanded support for vaccination-related costs by increasing the Federal cost share to 100 percent.

When you're only funding 14 percent, that's a disincentive to apply in particular for jurisdictions that don't have an established grant-writing operation.

They worry about their ability to compete for Brick allocations, especially with these bigger jurisdictions putting together much larger applications.

In 2020, FEMA was only able to fund about 14 percent of requested demand for pre-disaster mitigation projects.

We're getting to the point where we hope there will be an adequate supply of vaccination, and we will be in the position of a deficit of demand.

I spent about a month last summer trying to understand the emergency medical supply chain in trying to understand who from the Federal Government was doing what.

This is the subcommittee's first hearing of the 117th Congress, and my first meeting as chairman.

We frankly have exacerbated this difficulty by not allocating a share of COVID dollars into the Brick account.

I just think we have to be as clear as possible with states as to what their obligations are and what their obligations aren't.

I do think it's an important question for us to answer as to whether it is state's responsibility to build up that, sort of, slack manufacturing capacity.

It’s additional proof that there is no military pathway to divorcing Iran from a nuclear weapon. This attack, whoever carried it out, resulted in Iran making a decision to move even further forward with their nuclear research program.

I think the Iranians know this administration is serious about getting back in the JCPOA. I think time is ticking here. The Iranian elections are coming up. We, I think, have a short window to get back in compliance and force the Iranians…

It`s time to bring our men and women home.

What we`ve been engaged in really over the last decade has been nation-building.

It`s the right move. It`s a recognition of facts on the ground. It`s a recognition that arguably our mission in Afghanistan was accomplished a decade ago.

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be receive a second…

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 963) to authorize…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senators Sullivan and Sasse. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection…

For the information of Senators, we expect to have four rollcall votes beginning at 10:45 a.m. tomorrow. Additional rollcall votes are expected during Thursday's session. ____________________

Finally, I would ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Thursday, March 25; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…