The anti-gun-violence movement was essentially asleep from 1994 to 2012, and during that time, the gun lobby built up enormous political power. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
It can be frustrating that, despite widespread support for common sense gun safety measures, Congress is moving at a snail's pace. But… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Creating deep and meaningful change in this country takes time - years and sometimes decades. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
In 2013 and 2014, I traveled to Ukraine three times with Senator John McCain. — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
America's strength in the past has been our ability to bring family members to join other family members in the United States… — 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
The more we remove the need for individual members of Congress to raise private election funds, the more our representatives can focus… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I would be a rich man if I had a quarter for every time one of my Republican colleagues on the Foreign… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
I think progressives understand that we are Americans at the same time as we are global citizens. We are interested first and… — 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
