[The NRA] is absolutely pulling one over on their members, the NRA was for background checks a decade ago, and they changed their position, despite the fact that their members support background checks. Chris Murphy More Quotes by Chris Murphy More Quotes From Chris Murphy The list of erratic actions from Mohammed bin Salman is long: the jailing of royal family members, the detention of the Lebanese prime minister, a nonsensical feud with Qatar, the growing internal repression of political speech, and the disastrous war in Yemen. Chris Murphy familypoliticalwarlong Social media is such a key organizing and communication tool, and I've made a major commitment to use it as a way to make the legislative process as transparent as possible. Chris Murphy social-mediacommunicationmediaway One of my chief criticisms of U.S. international policy is that Congress has largely abdicated its foreign policy-making responsibilities to the executive branch. Chris Murphy executive-branchpolicycongress There is just no substitute for seeing a disaster area firsthand and getting the chance to speak in person to victims and responders. Chris Murphy persondisasterchancespeak Connecticut farmers keep our economy running. Chris Murphy keepourfarmerseconomy Our mental health system is broken, and we should fix it. Chris Murphy mentalmental-healthhealthbroken 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. Chris Murphy knowvisionsimpleworld We simply believe that we should lean into the world with something other than the pointed edge of a sword. Chris Murphy swordsomethingbelieveworld From the outside, Qatar and U.A.E. likely look like twins - small, oil-rich Sunni monarchies that are largely friendly to the U.S. But their philosophies on the region are very different - Qatar does not fear Islamism as does the U.A.E. Chris Murphy smalllikelookfear ISIL is a terrorist army like we have never seen - they cannot be ignored. Chris Murphy cannotneverlikearmy The American people didn't send us to Congress to post our sympathies on social media. You can do that without going through the trouble of getting elected to Congress. This job is about setting rules that better protect us and our children. Chris Murphy yousocial-mediachildrenpeople Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action. Chris Murphy ringsimportantactionsympathy I would be a rich man if I had a quarter for every time one of my Republican colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee utters some variation of the sentence, 'President Obama doesn't have a strategy to defeat ISIS.' It's their calling card on the committee - and on the campaign trail. Chris Murphy mancolleaguesrichtime 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. Chris Murphy fightislammoralamerica The Saudis helped the U.S. ensure that the Russians never got a meaningful foothold in the Middle East. Chris Murphy gotnevermiddle-eastmiddle The political alliance between the House of Saud and the conservative Wahhabi clerics is as old as the nation, and the alliance has resulted in billions funneled to and through the Wahhabi movement. Chris Murphy oldnationpoliticalhouse Congress should pass legislation that mandates increased information sharing for any country that wants to participate in the Visa Waiver Program. Chris Murphy sharingcongressinformationcountry The European Union needs a comprehensive, continent-wise, transnational counter-terrorism center that has the authority to track threats across borders. Chris Murphy european-unionbordersauthority Terrorist groups are working and communicating across E.U. borders - our efforts to track those groups must do so as well. Chris Murphy wellmusttrackborders The senator is right: I’m not going to engage in a colloquy on the merits of this request or the previous request. This isn’t real. This is a TV show, this is clickbait, this is theater. This isn’t an actual attempt to pass legislation. Chris Murphy
