You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
We have a cleaner system of government in this state where people run based on their ideas, not based on their ability… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
The most powerful force when changing people's hearts and minds is a person-to-person conversation. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
If we want our laws to change, we need to elect people who are willing to change them. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
People should remember that in the 2000s, the gun lobby got a lot passed: they got riders added to appropriations bills. They… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
As lawmakers, our job is to listen to our constituents. If our phones are ringing off the hook with people demanding to… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I do not understand how people can look at the rapid spread of extremism all across the globe and not understand that… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I don't require a background check to contribute to my campaign. And so there are probably lots of people with unsavory backgrounds… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I think when you have so many people working for American-based think tanks and American-based defense companies, there is always going to… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Ultimately, stability in Syria will come from decisions made on the ground by the Syrian people and by their immediate neighbors. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm generally pretty responsible and diligent, but people make mistakes. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Helping people get the skills they need to set them up for a rewarding career helps keep people in Connecticut, and it… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
At some level, Trump is more radical than the NRA. In the wake of Orlando, he was calling on people to walk… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
What we do in Connecticut is ban assault weapons. We ban high-capacity magazines. We have true universal background checks, and we require everybody to… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Anytime somebody loses a presidential election, there are lots of explanations. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military power. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
The political alliance between the House of Saud and the conservative Wahhabi clerics is as old as the nation, and the alliance has resulted… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
The skill of telemarketing does not necessarily translate into governing. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
In Connecticut, we have passed some of the strongest anti-gun-violence laws in the nation. We don't restrict anybody's Second Amendment rights. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the long term,… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
There's no denying that if I were designing a health care system from scratch, I'd build a Medicare for All system. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
It would be devastating for America if Donald Trump won, and it would be devastating for the anti-gun-violence movement. But we would be on… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Russia's number-one goal is to pull apart the E.U., to pull apart NATO. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I do not understand how people can look at the rapid spread of extremism all across the globe and not understand that it is… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
