{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-statement-on-us-senate-vote-to-confirm-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states", "Murphy Statement On U.S. Senate Vote To Confirm Amy Coney Barrett To The Supreme Court Of The United StatesRead More", "2020-10-26", "2020", "2020-10", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Christopher Murphy", "M001169", "www.murphy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Murphy Statement On U.S. Senate Vote To Confirm Amy Coney Barrett To The Supreme Court Of The United States \n        \n        October 26, 2020\n      \n        \n          WASHINGTONU.S.\r\nSenator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released the following statement\r\nafter the United States Senate voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the\r\nUnited States Supreme Court: Republicans just accomplished what they've been trying to do for\r\nyears: weaponize the courts to accomplish their hugely unpopular agenda that\r\nthey couldn't get done in Congress, said Murphy. The first stop is to take health care away from\r\nmillions of Americans in a case that will be seen by the Supreme Court in just\r\nover two weeks. Judge Barrett will now be seated on the Court in time to hear\r\nTrump and congressional Republicans' lawsuit to eradicate the Affordable Care\r\nAct and end protections for 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions,\r\ncreating a humanitarian catastrophe in the middle of a global health pandemic.\r\nAnd next on the chopping block, it is clear, is a woman's right to choose, gun\r\nviolence prevention measures, and campaign finance reform. I am both infuriated\r\nand devastated on behalf of our country. Murphy has\r\nbeen an outspoken\r\ncritic of the decision to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat on the\r\nSupreme Court before the next president is inaugurated, and has continuously\r\nemphasized the disastrous implications of confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett.\r\nLast week, Murphy addressed\r\nRepublicans' decision to ram through Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to\r\nthe United States Supreme Court, and push their unpopular agenda on health\r\ncare, guns, and campaign finance through the courts after they've failed\r\nlegislatively. Murphy launched\r\na campaign to invite people across Connecticut to share their health care\r\nstories and describe how they would be impacted if the Republican lawsuit to\r\noverturn the Affordable Care Act succeeded. Murphy took\r\nto the U.S. Senate floor last month to discuss the health care implications of\r\nher nomination. Murphy has also held numerous roundtables across Connecticut\r\ndiscussing how Judge Barrett's confirmation would impact people's lives, and\r\nhas also been outspoken\r\non Judge Barrett's radical views around gun violence prevention. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-statement-on-us-senate-vote-to-confirm-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8475560937076807, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}