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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 13, 2021

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.

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Apr 13, 2021

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…

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Apr 13, 2021

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

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Apr 13, 2021

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.

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Apr 13, 2021

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.

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Apr 13, 2021

the last Administration waived a whole host of Federal, state, and local laws that would have required a much more thorough vetting of construction activities.

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Apr 13, 2021

we will be in the position of a deficit of demand, and that we will have to be going out and doing outreach to harder to reach communities.

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Apr 13, 2021

I think early dialogue on this will be really, really important.

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Apr 13, 2021

When you ban adult males from being--adult single individuals from being able to apply for asylum, those that have legitimate claims of asylum... are going to do whatever is necessary to get into the United States.

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Apr 13, 2021

I understand your commitment today that you're not going to harm the mission of other agencies is a really important one.

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Apr 13, 2021

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

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Apr 13, 2021

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

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Apr 13, 2021

I hope that you'll also work with those of us that represent a lot of small communities...

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Apr 13, 2021

I just couldn't believe the choice to, you know, round up mothers with medically-fragile children, separate them from their kids to send them back home.

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Apr 13, 2021

I mean, obviously this is going to have to either come from other parts of the budget or there's going to have to be a supplemental made.

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Apr 13, 2021

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…

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Apr 13, 2021

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

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Apr 13, 2021

The bottom line is that President Trump's rhetoric and the cruelty of family separation didn't stop people from coming to the United States because people are coming here in order to flee violence and economic desperation in their home…

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Apr 13, 2021

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.

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Mar 24, 2021

Legislation introduced by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Senate HELP Committee Member Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), S. 509 the 'Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities (LINC) to Address Social Needs Act' aims to assist states in building…

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Mar 24, 2021

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…

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Mar 24, 2021

I further ask that the Durbin amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be considered read three times and passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no…

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Mar 24, 2021

Tonight, my colleagues and I are going to come to the floor and I hope some will join me to read into the record the names of individuals who have been lost to gun violence in 2021, as a way to make sure we recognize who they are and the…

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Mar 24, 2021

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. ____________________

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Mar 24, 2021

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…

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