“What we do in Connecticut is ban assault weapons. We ban high-capacity...” — Chris Murphy Quote

“What we do in Connecticut is ban assault weapons. We ban high-capacity magazines. We have true universal background checks, and we require everybody to get a permit from their police department before they can carry a pistol.”

“The gun lobby is certainly politically powerful, but it loses as many races as it wins.”

“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.”

“The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.”

“I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work in harsh, exploitative conditions.”

“The people that are proposing banning assault weapons, well, first of all they're already banned. Assault weapon is a fully automatic, those are already banned.”