“When I got to the Senate, I made overhauling our nation's mental healt...” — Chris Murphy Quote

“When I got to the Senate, I made overhauling our nation's mental health laws one of my top priorities.”

“I do not understand how people can look at the rapid spread of extremism all across the globe and not understand that it is - that it isn't coincidental to the concurrent rapid spread of a very conservative strain of Islam that is paid for out of Saudi Arabia.”

“ISIL is a terrorist army like we have never seen - they cannot be ignored.”

“The Saudis helped the U.S. ensure that the Russians never got a meaningful foothold in the Middle East.”

“I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military power.”

“There's zero evidence, empirical or anecdotal, that more guns leads to less gun crime.”

“I think anyone who speaks out about mental health, I have such respect for. There's such a stigma around it, and it needs to go.”

“I am glad that many, especially actors, have started opening up about their mental health issues.”

“It is so important for young people to see characters with different mental health challenges on-screen.”

“We all have mental health but we as individuals in society don't always treat it as we do physical health... it's just so important.”

“Mental health is something that needs to be spoken about openly for everybody, especially in men. It's something that people perceive as weakness but I think it's quite the opposite; if you are able to talk about it, it just shows your strength.”

“We need, ultimately, to be able to view mental health with the same clear-headedness we show when talking about physical health.”