Chris Murphy quotes

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

American values come by helping countries fight corruption to build stability. American values flow through tackling climate change and building energy independence. American values come through humanitarian assistance whereby we try to stop catastrophes from happening.

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.

I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.

Whenever I travel abroad, I try to visit U.S. troops just to say thanks.

Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action.

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.

Participatory democracies. Open economies. Web-based communication. All American innovations to the great conundrums of the globe.

American foreign policy needs to be driven by what will get results and what is legal, not by what satisfies our primal instincts of revenge.

As I'm learning, Republicans seem to only care about deficits when a Democrat is in the White House.