Chris Murphy

There is no doubt that we need additional military capacity, and we have stepped up to the plate through the Europe Reassurance Initiative.

I think that our way forward is to work openly with the governments, to work openly with democracy and governance.

Thank you, both of you, for your willingness to serve.

It has been a little hard for many of us in Congress to get a handle on exactly how the administration wants to go about this process.

So what is the best course of action to try to address insufficiencies that the administration has identified?

There is no legal question that is more consequential, or more serious, than the question of when and under what circumstances the President would be authorized to use military force.

We look forward to working with you to try to settle some of those issues around reverse gas flows, because if we put that LNG terminal into Croatia, it does not do much good if we cannot then turn that around and help out neighboring…

President Trump cheered on Britain as they left the European Union and has put a U.S.-EU trade deal on ice.

The Russian sanctions, they are going to be very serious.

This is a trying time for the United States and Europe.

I hope you are right, that we are going to get that trade agreement restarted.

I wonder whether... you are going to Europe to try to help grow Europe or you are going to Europe to try to cheer on, not its disintegration, but those who might wish to leave.

Whenever we have a big problem anywhere around the world that needs to be solved, the first place we turn is to Europe.

I would add to that having a coordinated strategy of repercussions for Russian individuals and Russian entities that have tried to interfere in both of our elections.

I think we can really make the case that having a broader energy policy for the Germans and for all of Europe is better for security.

Russia used very familiar cyber espionage tactics to try to manipulate France's recent national election, tactics that we saw employed here in the United States in 2016.

When there is a problem in the world that needs United States leadership to solve it, the first place we turn is to Europe.

This administration has opened up a pretty open war with the idea, concept, and funding for diplomacy.

This is where wars have started. It is a place that remains very unstable.

I just do not want us to normalize this moment.

I think those priorities are correct. I do not know what direction or final form the budget discussion will take.

I think that would be an enormous strategic mistake. If Europe is to disintegrate, the responsibility for it will lie at the feet of this administration.

There has been a ban or at least a slowdown on promotions and lateral transfers within the agency.

The hiring freeze, for instance, which had, at first, applied to almost all government agencies, now still specifically targets the State Department.

I always appreciate my name being name-dropped in answer to another Senator's question.