Chris Murphy

We as a country--these are my words, not anyone else's--are complicit in many of the worst things that are happening there.

Nothing has seemed to have changed there. The humanitarian catastrophe gets worse every single month.

They wanted us to stop the political games and come together and try to find a bipartisan compromise.

I worry that we're watching a Charlie Brown and Lucy move be perpetuated on the Democrats on this Committee.

Let me underscore the importance of marketing. I was just with the head of Connecticut's exchange, one of the most successful in the country.

I understand the need to allow for States to be laboratories of experimentation.

This seems to be the consequence of a fairly rapid and often unannounced buildup of U.S. forces inside Syria.

I support the Chairman's goal of getting a narrow package that can pass quickly.

I acknowledge the fact that we need to make some changes. Changes the democrats want and changes the republicans want in order to provide some certainty.

In the event of a pandemic, it is critical for the public health to be able to respond quickly...

I hope you will just look at the evidence that suggests that the propensity to commit a crime with a gun is directly connected to the likelihood that a gun is in close proximity to you.

The issue of parity for the treatment of mental and substance use disorders has been an ongoing problem.

I want to thank the Chairman and Senator Murray for their work in helping to pass... the legislation which authorizes the position for which Dr. McCance-Katz is being nominated for.

You would be overturning existing precedent should you decide that graduate students who get compensation in the form of tuition are not allowed to organize.

This hearing is really important. It's part of our obligation as a committee to review the nominations

I look forward to working with the chairman and the ranking member on coming up with a bill that can get consensus support on this committee.

People are very engaged in the democratic process, and so you have got a lot of people who want to be in our space.

Thank you for that answer and for your focus on the issue.

How are we applying a common sense rule against a real world threat and are we in the right place?

The legislative branch is not exempt from the larger budget debate.

We are in this really special and unique position to make sure that both the Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms have the resources that they need to help keep us safe.

I want to join Senator Lankford in expressing my gratitude to the Capitol Police force for their heroism on the ball field in Alexandria.

State economies will be at risk

The vast bulk of that 22 million are losing healthcare because they simply cannot afford it because the costs, under the Republican healthcare bill, will spiral.

CBO does not come to the conclusion that 23 million people, 22 million people are going to lose coverage because they are exercising their right to decline coverage.