Several days ago some of the president's comments seemed to suggest that he was once again backing away from his commitment to work on background checks legislation, i have been in contact with the White House this week since the president's comments - as late as last night - and I believe that the White House is still committed to trying to work on a comprehensive anti-gun violence proposal that would include strengthening background checks.

Chris Murphy

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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, as I tell these stories, that it will help to open people's eyes.

Chris Murphy

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I will consider my time in the Senate a failure if we don't pass some meaningful legislation to reduce the likelihood that Sandy Hook ever happens again.

Chris Murphy

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

Chris Murphy

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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 a long list of progressive causes that would be shattered by a Trump win.

Chris Murphy

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

Chris Murphy

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I wake up ready to right and I feel like I'm on the right side of history every day.

Chris Murphy

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There are all sorts of shades of gray when you're working on economic policy and tax policy and health care policy. There's no gray on this issue, to me. This is a gun lobby that is raging out of control, that doesn't even represent its own members.

Chris Murphy

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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

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The absence of fear is love.

Chris Murphy

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One of the myths about the Internet of Things is that companies have all the data they need, but their real challenge is making sense of it. In reality, the cost of collecting some kinds of data remains too high, the quality of the data isn't always good enough, and it remains difficult to integrate multiple data sources.

Chris Murphy

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Republicans are going to have to come to the conclusion that there's a political price for standing against 90 percent of their constituents to stand with the gun lobby.

Chris Murphy

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My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.

Chris Murphy

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What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.

Chris Murphy

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So sophisticated and smart, but our eyes tell us lies, or at best the truth in part.

Chris Murphy

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No need to repent, no need to forgive - reverse 'evil' to live.

Chris Murphy

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A domain exits where concepts can't go; so leave them on the doorstep to enter.

Chris Murphy

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Living in stressful situations there are chemicals in your brain that are released that essentially degrade the neuron connections that allow you to function as a normal human being.

Chris Murphy

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If we have a president who asked for a mandate on combating gun violence, as Hillary Clinton is requesting, that's going to be really impactful. I will certainly defer to her when it comes to the exact pace and content of legislative action, but I expect it will be at the top of her agenda. It will certainly be at the top of mine.

Chris Murphy

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If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill, then there will be a rethinking of this issue within the Republican conference.

Chris Murphy

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I've listened to Republicans say over and over again that we should focus on enforcing the laws that we have. The great hypocrisy of that statement is that they are deliberately handcuffing the enforcement agency that oversees current law.

Chris Murphy

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