Chris Murphy

If we don't have the workforce pipeline necessary to staff the supply chain, those jobs will go overseas.

We would hope that you would be an advocate for the programs that the Department of Labor funds.

The most massive change in American healthcare in our entire lifetime.

An effort to rewrite the rules that concern one-sixth of this country's economy.

I just think it is outrageous that we are holding this hearing today instead of talking about what is actually happening in this building right now;

They are not representing uninsured Americans.

We are not talking about it in the Health Committee.

If you are going to give them these weapons, you better be damn sure that they are going to hit the right targets and not purposely hit the wrong targets.

We are told that just a little bit more military intervention will eventually create fertile ground for peace. And every time we are, essentially, wrong.

American policy in the Middle East is a broken record, and the record is entitled, 'Military Escalation.'

Let me just quickly maybe try to put a finer point on a concern that continues to be raised about President Trump's budget blueprint that proposes cutting State Department and USAID by somewhere in the neighborhood of one quarter to one…

I have been a big supporter of the European Reassurance Initiative, but I do think it is curious that we have largely viewed European reassurance purely through a military lens.

To the extent there are mixed messages, it is more important than ever that messages coming from Congress and this committee are as clear and as bipartisan as possible.

I think this issue did rise to the level, to the principals.

There is not going to be a bipartisan investigation.

I would say I would not want it to be Iran and Russia, because we already know their complexion.

Should we stick around just to make sure that ISIS is defeated, or should we stick around to try to sort out who has influence?

I think this administration has made some really stunning mistakes when it comes to the counter-ISIL campaign.

I hope that this administration recovers from a very rocky start on America's relationship with the world, but if they do not, this committee is going to be incredibly important in providing oversight and asking some questions.

The ACA has worked in Rhode Island. We have a remarkable story to tell.

By fully leveraging the flexibility and resources available to us under the ACA, Rhode Island has developed a more competitive environment for health insurance and positioned itself to make the healthcare system more efficient and…

I think it is really interesting that none of the people testifying today suggested repealing the Affordable Care Act and starting from scratch.

In Connecticut, that number was 8 percent; today it is 4 percent.

I think the denial rate nationally was 20 percent, 1 out of every 5 were denied healthcare because of a pre-existing condition.

What the Affordable Care Act did was take that emergency patient, bring them into the emergency room, and stabilize them.