Chris Murphy

The tweets that I send out are not written by somebody else. They're not vetted through my communications staff. ”

I can't throw a nickel from the Capitol without hitting a think tank that's been financed by one of the Gulf States. ”

The NRA has become financially dependent on more and more guns being sold - especially the expensive ones. In turn, the NRA has stated that its top legislative priority is to protect gun makers by advocating for legislation that benefits them. ”

There is just no substitute for seeing a disaster area firsthand and getting the chance to speak in person to victims and responders. ”

The skill of telemarketing does not necessarily translate into governing. ”

I grew up in a pretty economically safe, physically safe household, and, you know, now my life is defined by other people's trauma and by other people's emotional experience with it, and I think I'm richer for that, frankly. ”

I can't stand the idea of a veteran risking her or his life for this country, suffering the wounds of battle, and then being kicked to the curb as a result of those wounds. But that is exactly what has happened to tens of thousands of men & women who have fought and bled for our country. ”

The European Union needs a comprehensive, continent-wise, transnational counter-terrorism center that has the authority to track threats across borders. ”

America doesn't have the moral authority or weight to tip the scales in this fight between moderate Islam and less tolerant Islam. Muslim communities and Muslim nations need to be leading edge of this fight. ”

The world is a mess, and while there is no simple pill America can administer to fix things, what we know is that there is significant room for progressives to articulate a foreign policy vision that is truly our own. ”