Chris Murphy

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.

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…

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…

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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.

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

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.

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 badly…

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.

This whole idea behind the SAVE Act is trying to push a mythology that our elections aren't secure, are rigged. That's not true.

It's not like we can't pay a $25 minimum wage. 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.

If you ask Democrats in an open survey what they think the minimum wage should be, they say $27. If you ask Republicans, independents, they say $26.

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.

Democrats are not going to win by defending this version of capitalism. But I think we'll be able to offer ideas on how to dramatically reform it rather than throwing out the entire system.

I think our party should have bigger ideas. I put one on the table last week – a $25 minimum wage.

I think that it's actually a sign of a party that is alive and growing when there's a contest of ideas inside the party.