Christopher Murphy
U.S. Senator · Connecticut · Democrat
Statements and posts
396 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Pick a week or a day to set the dates below. One count per message: copies of one post on X and Bluesky count once, and reposts aren’t counted. Shading is scaled to Murphy’s own volume over the last 12 months (a typical active day = 1). May 25, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026.
2 statements, May 18, 2026 – May 24, 2026
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Murphy on Iran War Cost: We Could Be Funding Education, Health Care, National Parks With This Money
Spoke in support of War Powers Resolution to end Iran War, criticized war costs and Trump settlement.
“If we had taken this money that we've spent in just two and a half months of war and applied it to medical research, we would double this year's budget for medical research.”
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Murphy Warns DOL's Proposed Budget Cuts Will Leave Connecticut and the Country Vulnerable
Warned that DOL budget cuts to Job Corps would harm Connecticut's economy and military readiness.
“We have two programs in Connecticut – Hartford and New Haven – that have served kids very well for a long time. These are kids who have just hit enormous dead ends and struggles in their life. A large percentage of these kids have pretty significant disabilities, or come from very difficult backgrounds….”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.