Chris Murphy

What we do in Connecticut is ban assault weapons. We ban high-capacity magazines. We have true universal background checks, and we require…

— Chris Murphy

Anytime somebody loses a presidential election, there are lots of explanations.

— Chris Murphy

I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military…

— 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 skill of telemarketing does not necessarily translate into governing.

— Chris Murphy

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

From fear of the unknown, both horns and wings have grown.

— Chris Murphy

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

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

It would be devastating for America if Donald Trump won, and it would be devastating for the anti-gun-violence movement. But we would…

— Chris Murphy

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

— Chris Murphy

I do not understand how people can look at the rapid spread of extremism all across the globe and not understand that…

— Chris Murphy

American values don't begin and end with destroyers and aircraft carriers.

— Chris Murphy

Saudi Arabia is an important country to the United States.

— Chris Murphy

The absence of fear is love.

— Chris Murphy

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

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

— Chris Murphy

The United States has the best intelligence-gathering operation in the world. We should provide a greater level of training and assistance to…

— Chris Murphy

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

— Chris Murphy

Unfortunately, the state of national security under the Trump administration is far from strong.

— Chris Murphy

We simply believe that we should lean into the world with something other than the pointed edge of a sword.

— Chris Murphy

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

— Chris Murphy

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

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

— 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