Chris Murphy

I want to build upon Senator Romney's questions regarding the scope of Chinese economic development efforts and just note that we have, essentially, voluntarily put one hand behind our back.

It is a good reminder that diplomacy is both about quantity and quality.

Last year was the first year that China had more diplomatic posts around the world than the United States did.

It's important for folks to remember that just because the non-compete agreement may not be available to employers, they aren't bereft of other mechanisms to stop the illegal transfer of intellectual property.

I think we're going to be looking at a very large population of long-term unemployed once we finally turn the corner.

This is becoming a real area of bipartisan agreement.

If you want to get the two parties to come together, then give the majority party the ability to move things with a majority vote.

The American public made a choice in 2020. They wanted not only for Joe Biden to be president, but they wanted his party to control Congress so that his agenda could pass.

Well, as you know, I think the filibuster is fundamentally anti-democratic.

Three out of four voters support the American rescue plan.

It’s a little hard to listen to my Republican colleagues claim that this bill is too expensive when they were willing to spend the exact same amount of money in 2017 on tax cuts for their wealthy corporate and millionaire friends.

Republicans in the Senate have decided that not only are they opposed to the COVID relief bill, they`re going to do everything within their power to stretch it out as long as possible and delay COVID relief as long as they can.

I frankly think that MBS`s weapons matter much more to him than his visa. And so, what I would argue is that we should recalibrate our security partnership with the Saudis.

If we don`t lead the global fight to protect democracy and stand up for pro-democratic movements in places like Russia, no one will.

I do. I do. It was just unacceptable for the United States to be silent in the wake of Russia`s most important opposition leader being intentionally poisoned and now in prison by Putin`s government.

And we shouldn`t be selling them weapons. And so, I think the administration is right now having a debate about what our security partnership looks like, and if we make changes to that, while it won`t look like a personal sanctions on MBS…

Donald Trump is going to be the leader of the Republican Party, the face of the Republican Party, the most powerful person in the Republican Party for the next four years.

These right-wing groups claim that they have had boons in recruitment since January 6th, they are still planning more attacks on the United States.

He incited them to violence that led, I think, very knowingly, very predictably to the attack that left many, many people dead and injured.

I think the impeachment managers did a good job of showing how January 6th was entirely a construction of Donald Trump.

Well, it's a remarkable case. It is a case that is full of loads of impeachable conduct. I mean, I think you can make the case that even if January 6 did not happen, the President had violated his Oath of Office repeatedly, simply through…

I hope there are at least a handful of Republicans who are moved by it.

The only way that you can practically stop the certification once it`s ongoing is to enter the building.

We spoke with Chris Murphy last night on the show, late in the hour. And I told him I was thankful to him for being with us so late.

I think it`s time for a complete reorientation of foreign affairs spending, putting more money into nonmilitary tools around the world, including pandemic prevention.