Current Position: US Senator since 2011
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Attorney General from 1991 – 2011; State Senator from 1987 – 1991; State Delegate from 1985 – 1987

Featured Quote: 
Snooping phones, data harvesting, selling private info—the ecosystem of privacy invasions has left us defenseless. All the more reason to double down on strong federal privacy protections to stop these intrusions.

Ted Cruz, Richard Blumenthal SPAR on Senate floor

Current Position: US Senator since 2013
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: US Representative from 2007 – 2013; State Senator from 2003 – 2007; State Delegate from 1999 – 2003

Other positions:
Chair, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Chair, Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism.

Featured Quote: 
Every shooting is tragic. But shootings like the one last night in an upscale largely white DC neighborhood happen every day in black and brown neighborhoods and attract .01% of the social media attention.

Murphy Delivers Floor Speech on the American Rescue Plan