Chris Murphy

The absence of fear is love.

— Chris Murphy

Washington can be a frustrating place.

— Chris Murphy

Connecticut farmers keep our economy running.

— Chris Murphy

I play in the congressional baseball game.

— Chris Murphy

Our mental health system is broken, and we should fix it.

— Chris Murphy

I wake up ready to right and I feel like I'm on the right side of history every day.

— Chris Murphy

You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear.

— Chris Murphy

Our veterans made a commitment to our country when they signed up.

— Chris Murphy

Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.

— Chris Murphy

The gun lobby is certainly politically powerful, but it loses as many races as it wins.

— Chris Murphy

Creating deep and meaningful change in this country takes time - years and sometimes decades.

— Chris Murphy

Whenever I travel abroad, I try to visit U.S. troops just to say thanks.

— Chris Murphy

I will consider my time in the Senate a failure if we don't pass some meaningful legislation to reduce the likelihood that…

— Chris Murphy

The political alliance between the House of Saud and the conservative Wahhabi clerics is as old as the nation, and the alliance…

— Chris Murphy

The European Union needs a comprehensive, continent-wise, transnational counter-terrorism center that has the authority to track threats across borders.

— Chris Murphy

What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.The blame for what's…

— Chris Murphy

I can't throw a nickel from the Capitol without hitting a think tank that's been financed by one of the Gulf States.

— Chris Murphy

“The ushers here wore green blazers. They were young, and they were huge. Bradford must have had a height requirement for his…

— Chris Murphy

Helping people get the skills they need to set them up for a rewarding career helps keep people in Connecticut, and it…

— Chris Murphy

Ultimately, stability in Syria will come from decisions made on the ground by the Syrian people and by their immediate neighbors.

— Chris Murphy

I grew up in a pretty economically safe, physically safe household, and, you know, now my life is defined by other people's…

— Chris Murphy

If we have a president who asked for a mandate on combating gun violence, as Hillary Clinton is requesting, that's going to…

— Chris Murphy

The NRA has become financially dependent on more and more guns being sold - especially the expensive ones. In turn, the NRA…

— Chris Murphy

I served on the committee in the U.S. House that wrote the Affordable Care Act. I defended it back home in endless…

— Chris Murphy

People are working hard, they're doing everything we ask of them, and they are still struggling. It's not enough to just have…

— Chris Murphy

The list of erratic actions from Mohammed bin Salman is long: the jailing of royal family members, the detention of the Lebanese…

— Chris Murphy

People should remember that in the 2000s, the gun lobby got a lot passed: they got riders added to appropriations bills. They…

— Chris Murphy

There are all sorts of shades of gray when you're working on economic policy and tax policy and health care policy. There's…

— Chris Murphy

“But, Father Murray didn’t want to say Mass, he wanted to play a round of golf. Father Murray told his associate pastor…

— Chris Murphy

Russia's number-one goal is to pull apart the E.U., to pull apart NATO.

— Chris Murphy

ISIL is a terrorist army like we have never seen - they cannot be ignored.

— Chris Murphy

I'm generally pretty responsible and diligent, but people make mistakes.

— Chris Murphy

One of the smartest investments we can make in Connecticut is in job training programs.

— Chris Murphy

I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.

— Chris Murphy

My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.

— Chris Murphy

Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action.

— Chris Murphy

Health care, whether I like it or not, is at the foundation of my public service.

— Chris Murphy

I used to play lots of sports. I used to be a good tennis player. I used to be a decent golfer.

— Chris Murphy

The skill of telemarketing does not necessarily translate into governing.

— Chris Murphy

America's reputation is based on its ability to deliver the world big, Earth-changing solutions.

— Chris Murphy