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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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Feb 10, 2021

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

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Feb 10, 2021

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.

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Feb 10, 2021

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.

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Feb 10, 2021

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

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Feb 10, 2021

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

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Feb 10, 2021

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…

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Feb 10, 2021

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

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Feb 5, 2021

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.

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Feb 4, 2021

This has been a national security nightmare for the United States. We’ve been helping the Saudis bomb Yemen for about six years, 100,000 kids have died of starvation and disease.

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Feb 4, 2021

Russia should let him go and we should take action if they don’t. That could include sanctions.

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Feb 4, 2021

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.

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Feb 3, 2021

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Feb 3, 2021

I am here today to speak in favor of the underlying resolution and urge my colleagues to support it. I will be very brief. I would like to tackle three topics, amongst many, in this package. I would like to talk a bit about the crisis that…

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Feb 2, 2021

I am a believer that the Federal Government should move more quickly to try to reduce the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Feb 2, 2021

He is a proven leader. He knows how to listen.

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Feb 2, 2021

I have legislation that would set up a Federal grant to support voluntary school integration programs.

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Feb 2, 2021

I am a believer in assessments. I think it is really hard to figure out how to target resources if you don't know how your kids are performing.

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Feb 2, 2021

I hope you will take a hard look at re-implementing all or part of that Obama year executive order.

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Feb 2, 2021

He will be an advocate for teachers, who are stressed and strained during this time as never before.

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Feb 2, 2021

Most important, he will be an advocate for students--students at every level, including students who are drowning in student debt.

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Feb 2, 2021

rightfully, when we talk about the issue of gun violence in this country, we think about it through the prism of those lives that have been lost because the numbers are just stunning. They are hard to get your head wrapped around. Here are…

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Feb 2, 2021

I will look forward to, working with you on ways that we can allow the Federal Government to be a facilitator of those conversations.

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Feb 2, 2021

He will be an advocate for disadvantaged students, who are in danger of being left behind in this pandemic.

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Jan 28, 2021

this is a screen shot from a video taken during a school field trip on August 9, 2018. These are Yemeni schoolchildren going to school in a northern governorate inside the country, and they are on their way either to or back from a picnic…

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Jan 28, 2021

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

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