Christopher Murphy
U.S. Senator · Connecticut · Democrat
Statements and posts
396 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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391 statements
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Murphy Statement on Supreme Court Decision Allowing Trump to Terminate TPS
Criticized Supreme Court decision allowing Trump to terminate Temporary Protected Status.
“Today’s decision is devastating for thousands of our neighbors who have lived and worked in our communities for years and just had the rug pulled out from under them.”
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Murphy Statement On Passage of 21st Century Road to Housing Act
Praised passage of 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to address housing affordability crisis.
“The cost of housing is the number one issue I hear about from people in Connecticut. Congress has sat back as rents skyrocketed, and home ownership got further and further out of reach.”
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Murphy Details Unprecedented Corruption of Trump White House Over the Last 500 Days
Criticized Trump administration for corruption and self-dealing over 500 days.
“So, I think it’s time to pull back and see the full picture - to not view this as just one isolated scandal after another, every single one popping up each week or every few days, but to understand the full scope of the illegality.”
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Murphy, Kim Reintroduce Bill to Provide Free Summer Camp for All Kids
Reintroduced bill to create federal grant programs providing free summer camps for all children.
“No kid should miss out on the fun and the bonding that comes with summer camp just because there aren’t enough spots or their family can’t afford it.”
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Murphy: AI Use In Classrooms Needs a Lot More Scrutiny
Expressed concerns about AI use in classrooms without proper regulation or verification of educational benefits.
“I don't think there's any way to overhype the damage that AI has already done to our kids' ability to succeed.”
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Introduced bill providing $62.5 million annually to combat loneliness in seniors and disabled Americans.
“Loneliness can be a silent killer for the elderly and people with disabilities and we need to do a lot more to protect these vulnerable groups from social isolation and help them find community”
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Murphy on Trump-Iran Deal: This Agreement Exposes What a Colossal Mistake This War Was
Criticized Trump's Iran war deal as humiliating and weakening U.S. leverage.
“Iran is making no new commitments. They are agreeing to open the Strait. The Strait was open before the war began. They are promising that they will not develop or obtain a nuclear weapon. They had already promised that before the war began. They are agreeing to talk about restraining their nuclear research program.”
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Introduced bill to create national office addressing social isolation and loneliness.
“Americans are feeling more disconnected than ever and it’s a full-blown crisis for our democracy when people retreat to their devices and lose sight of what it means to be part of a community”
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Criticized Senate Republicans for approving $71 billion in DHS funding without safeguards on ICE and CBP.
“What happened in the U.S. Senate tonight should send a chill down the spine of anyone who cares about the rule of law in this country. Democrats had a very simple ask: work with us to put basic guardrails on an agency that has spiraled out of control.”
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Murphy to Mullin: Why Are You Refusing to Obey Court Orders?
Questioned DHS Secretary on agency's repeated violations of court orders and lawlessness.
“At your confirmation hearing, you [promised] that you would get DHS out of the headlines.”
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Questioned Secretary of State on Trump administration's plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz and lower prices.
“It has been indecipherable, the information coming from the administration, especially in the past several weeks, as we get signals that a deal is imminent. The president said yesterday he's bored by the negotiations. He doesn't care whether we get a deal… What is going to get the strait reopened?”
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Murphy Statement On The Protect College Sports Act
Murphy criticized Protect College Sports Act for limiting athlete compensation while protecting coaches' salaries.
“We are all still reading this bill, but its primary effect seems to be to limit the compensation of athletes while protecting the huge salaries of all the adults - coaches, ADs, sports industry executives - who are getting rich off the performance of the players.”
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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….”
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Led reintroduction of bill providing grants to schools to reduce segregation and increase diversity.
“Decades of bad policy decisions have segregated our schools and created a system where students of color and low-income kids are forced to settle for less”
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Introduced bicameral bill to ban private equity from youth sports and reduce costs for families.
“As a hockey dad, I’ve seen how viciously these private equity companies rip families off”
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Murphy to Hegseth On Iran War: History Is Not On Your Side, Time Is Not On Our Side
Questioned Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs Chairman on Iran war strategy and Strait of Hormuz reopening.
“In other briefings, people that work for you have told us in plain terms that there is no military mechanism to reopen the strait, that ultimately it will be a political decision made by Iran. How are we going to get the strait open?”
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Demanded Trump administration release $3.2 billion in withheld foreign aid and global health funding.
“All of these funds were appropriated to advance U.S. interests in stabilizing overseas markets, advancing energy security, supporting Ukraine, combatting infectious diseases, and strengthening food security, among other purposes.”
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Murphy On Costs of Iran War: Everything is More Expensive Because of One Person's Insane Decision
Spoke against Iran war, citing rising costs for American families on basic necessities.
“I think we all are angry that our [Republican] colleagues are not allowing this body to do its job. But we are also angry that the cost of this war is not being borne by members of the United States Senate, is not being borne by Donald Trump's billionaire and corporate friends.”
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Murphy, Barrasso Lead Bipartisan Letter to Advance Zip Code Reform in Congress
Led bipartisan letter urging committee to advance USPS zip code modernization legislation.
“We write you today to encourage the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs to take up zip code legislation that addresses a number of communities in our states. As you know, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has a process to issue unique zip codes for communities, but that process is broken”
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Murphy Statement On ATF's Dangerous Proposed Roll Back of Gun Regulations
Criticized ATF's proposed gun regulation rollbacks as dangerous and favoring the gun lobby.
“President Trump likes to talk about law and order, but his administration is pulling out all the stops to make it easier for criminals to get their hands on guns. These new rules are just a gun lobby wish list printed on ATF letterhead and they’ll make all of our communities less safe.”
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Murphy Statement On Supreme Court Decision Gutting the Voting Rights Act
Murphy criticized Supreme Court decision gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“Republicans are already pulling out every trick in the book to rig our elections and now, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority has paved the way for them to deny Black voters representation.”
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Questioned Education Secretary McMahon on gutting Office of Civil Rights protections.
“Amy Cupp is a parent in Indiana. She was very alarmed when her daughter came home one day with severe bruising on her hands and arms. Her daughter has severe autism, a group of different disabilities. What she came to find out is that the school that her daughter was at had been restraining and secluding her daughter.”
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Murphy Warns Local Leaders Against Bringing Deadly ICE Facilities Into Their Communities
Warned local governments against allowing ICE to convert warehouses into detention facilities.
“Democrats oppose the warehousing of humans in former office spaces and will make defunding these facilities a major priority when we take back control of Congress. Already this year, there have been at least 11 deaths in ICE custody. Last year, there were 31 reported deaths in ICE custody.”
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Murphy, Gillibrand Introduce Bicameral Bill to Protect Retirement Security for Unpaid Caregivers
Reintroduced bipartisan bill to provide Social Security credits for unpaid caregivers.
“Caregivers shouldn’t lose out on Social Security benefits because they step away from the workforce to care for a loved one. Caregiving is work, and it’s time we start treating it that way.”
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