WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and 35 of his Senate colleagues warned a humanitarian collapse in Gaza would threaten regional stability and led 35 U.S. Senators who jointly issued the following statement:

“We urge the swift implementation of sustained access for humanitarian aid, including water and medical supplies, to save civilian lives in Gaza,” Sen. Ossoff and the group wrote.

Murphy is joined by U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) Jack Reed (D-R.I.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.),  Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).

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