WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement ahead of his meeting with Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson. Murphy is scheduled to meet privately with Tillerson on Monday evening. 

“I’m looking forward to speaking to Rex Tillerson before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination. I plan to ask tough questions and expect to have a candid conversation with him.”