Chris Murphy

There is no model for it. We have hamstrung the FBI and the Attorney General by asking them to do more and more with the same amount of resources. To ask them to go through dozens and dozens of court processes--remember, there were 240…

It doesn't seem to make much sense. For the question, we can only imagine what that court process looks like. Who knows what rules apply, who knows what the rights to discovery are.

That is certainly the way I remember the events as well. I remember one of the many chilling conversations I had in the 24 hours after the shooting in Newtown. One was with a police officer who remarked that it was a good thing Adam Lanza…

That is the state of play, I say to Senator Whitehouse. We had Senator Durbin on the floor earlier today, telling the horrific tales of Chicago, for which the strong background check laws in Illinois make almost no difference on the…

The Senator is correct. Today, the estimates are that 40 percent of all gun sales happen outside of brick-and-mortar stores. And the secret is out that if you can't get a gun because of your criminal record--or in this case because of your…

I am no longer in my 20s, but I am saying that early preventive work has paid off in the long run.

I say to Senator Whitehouse, when I was in my early 20s, I actually ruptured two discs in my back, and so I spent a lot of time reworking my back in my later 20s to make sure that wouldn't happen again. That rigorous back work to repair my…

I thank the Senator. I am so glad to have my neighbor, Senator Whitehouse, joining us on the floor, and I yield to him for a question without losing my right to the floor.

I thank the Senator, and I thank her for the questions. I am thankful that my friend from New Mexico, Senator Heinrich, has joined us. I yield to him for a question without losing my right to the floor.

I thank my colleague. He is right. Charleston was almost a year ago to the day. But it is hard to keep track of when these year anniversaries occur because we are now having 1-year and 2-year and 3- year and 4-year anniversaries and major…

I thank the Senator from Colorado for his passion on this issue and for the personal decisions we wrestle with, especially those of us with children. I now yield for a question.

I thank the Senator very much. I yield to my good friend, the Senator from Colorado, for a question without losing my right to the floor.

I thank the Senator for the question. I will forgive the disparagement of Connecticut's small size, but the answer is no. The only limitation would be that if any of those individuals were not permitted to fly because they were on the…

I thank the Senator for his remarks. I thank him for his focus on assault weapons. We are asking for two different proposals to come before the Senate, not one on banning assault weapons, but it remains a passion of many of us. One of the…

I thank the Senator. My friend from Massachusetts was so eloquent earlier on the floor, and I yield to Senator Markey for a question without losing my right to the floor.

That is correct. I am still waiting for one of our Republican colleagues to come to the floor and suggest that the individuals on the no-fly list have their right to fly restored, because if you are so worried about the wrong people being…

I thank the Senator, the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, for the question. That certainly is a big part of this story line, this toxic mixture of guns and restraining orders. It puts everyone in jeopardy. It puts the…

There is not, Senator Blumenthal, through the Chair. That is the reason we posited these two proposals as a means forward on this bill. We know they are noncontroversial in the American public. They enjoy broad bipartisan support. I yield…

I thank the Senator for distilling the reasons for our presence on the floor down to those points. We see this as possible. We see it as possible to get a concensus between the Democrats and Republicans to bring these two measures…

I thank the Senator. At this point, I yield to the Senator from Connecticut for a question without losing my right to the floor.

I thank the Senator for his question. Of course they are commonsense measures, and, importantly, they are measures that are supported by the broad cross-section of the American public. What my colleague is proposing is only controversial…

The Senator from Pennsylvania is on the floor with an incredibly important and tragically on-point piece of legislation. I yield to the Senator from Pennsylvania for a question without losing my right to the floor.

I thank the Senator from Washington. Before yielding to the Senator from Michigan, let me note there are a number of House Members who have joined us on the floor. I thank them for their support in our effort to force a debate and…

I am familiar with that report. Mr. President, I yield to the Senator for another question.

I thank Senator Leahy for being such an amazing champion and the author of many of the underlying protections that we are talking about expanding and making more effective today. He is an absolute giant on the issue of protecting Americans…