WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Protect College Sports Act: “We are all still reading this bill, but its primary effect seems to be to limit the compensation of athletes while protecting the huge salaries of all the... Read More about Murphy Statement On The Protect College Sports Act

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday spoke alongside his Democratic Senate colleagues as they successfully advanced their War Powers Resolution to end the Iran War. In his speech, Murphy called on President Trump and Senate Republicans to turn their focus back towards the American people and fix the affordability crisis this... Read More about Murphy on Iran War Cost: We Could Be Funding Education, Health Care, National Parks With This Money

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday, during an Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Labor’s proposed FY27 budget, warned the Department’s plans to gut programs like Job Corps, the largest nationwide career training program in the country, would jeopardize Connecticut’s local economy and America’s national... Read More about Murphy Warns DOL's Proposed Budget Cuts Will Leave Connecticut and the Country Vulnerable

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the Strength in Diversity Act, legislation to give schools the resources they need to tackle segregation in the classroom. Though Brown v. Board of Education declared school segregation unconstitutional more than 70 years ago, America’s public schools remain... Read More about Murphy Leads Democratic Senate Colleagues In Reintroducing Bill to Provide Resources to Underfunded Schools, Strengthen Diversity in the Classroom

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.-17) on Wednesday introduced the Let Kids Play Act, a bicameral bill to stop Wall Street from pricing kids out of sports by banning private equity firms from youth sports, shutting down the vulture practices they use to jack up costs, and getting money back... Read More about Murphy, Deluzio Introduce Bicameral Bill to Kick Private Equity Out of Kids' Sports and Stop the Ripoffs

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday questioned U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, and price increases on gas and basic goods fueling an... Read More about Murphy to Hegseth On Iran War: History Is Not On Your Side, Time Is Not On Our Side

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought demanding the Trump administration reverse course on illegally withholding $3.2 billion in appropriated funds for lifesaving global health and foreign aid programs, and spend the funding... Read More about Murphy Demands Trump Administration Comply With Law, Use Foreign Assistance Funding to Support Global Health, Food Aid, Help Save Lives as Congress Directed

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate, alongside several of his Democratic colleagues, in support of a War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s war with Iran. Murphy focused his remarks on the unsustainable, and still growing, economic impact of this war, forcing American families to pay thousands... Read More about Murphy On Costs of Iran War: Everything is More Expensive Because of One Person's Insane Decision

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) led a bipartisan group of senators in a letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs leadership, urging them to bring legislation before the committee to modernize the United States Postal Service (USPS) process of assigning zip codes. USPS’... Read More about Murphy, Barrasso Lead Bipartisan Letter to Advance Zip Code Reform in Congress

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released a statement on the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which effectively guts Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. "Republicans are already pulling out every trick in the book to rig our elections and now, the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority has paved the way... Read More about Murphy Statement On Supreme Court Decision Gutting the Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released a statement on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)’s new proposed gun rules and regulations: “President Trump likes to talk about law and order, but his administration is pulling out all the stops to make it easier for criminals to get their hands on... Read More about Murphy Statement On ATF's Dangerous Proposed Roll Back of Gun Regulations

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy on Tuesday questioned Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the department during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. Murphy... Read More about Murphy Calls Out Ed. Secretary Linda McMahon for Gutting Office of Civil Rights, Failing to Protect Kids

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Tuesday sent letters to 21 local governments throughout the United States that are actively considering whether to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to buy residential warehouse properties in their... Read More about Murphy Warns Local Leaders Against Bringing Deadly ICE Facilities Into Their Communities

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today reintroduced the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act, bicameral legislation to provide five years of Social Security retirement credits to caregivers who spend at least 80 hours per month providing care to a dependent relative. By allowing caregivers to earn... Read More about Murphy, Gillibrand Introduce Bicameral Bill to Protect Retirement Security for Unpaid Caregivers

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of a War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s war with Iran. In his remarks, Murphy chronicled the last two weeks of President Trump’s chaotic and confused public negotiations with Iran, marked by a dizzying, almost-daily onslaught of unhinged... Read More about Murphy on Trump's Iran War Chaos: We Are Becoming a Laughingstock in the World

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to condemn Senate Republicans’ unprecedented move to bypass the traditional appropriations process and fund the Department of Homeland Security through budget reconciliation. Highlighting recent instances of DHS’s continued lawlessness and deadly... Read More about Murphy: Republicans Could Have Used Reconciliation to Address Skyrocketing Costs But Chose to Write a Blank Check to ICE Instead

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday questioned U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Highlighting the nursing home industry’s multi-million-dollar donations to the Trump campaign, Murphy pressed Kennedy on the Trump... Read More about Murphy to RFK Jr.: Why Are Your Parroting Industry Talking Points Instead of Protecting Nursing Home Patients?

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice filing a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut over the state’s lawful public safety policies: “Donald Trump's Department of Justice should spend more time going after dangerous criminals and less time wasting taxpayer dollars... Read More about Murphy Statement On DOJ's Baseless Lawsuit Against Connecticut

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday took to the floor of the U.S. Senate, alongside several of his Democratic colleagues, to speak in support of a War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s disastrous war of choice with Iran. As the war enters its sixth week, with gas and commodity prices spiking and global stability in free... Read More about Murphy On Republicans' Continued Support for the Disastrous Iran War: Do the Right Thing and Stand Up to Trump

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday voted in favor of two joint resolutions of disapproval related to the sale of 1,000-pound bombs and bulldozers to Israel. “I will always support the security of the Israeli people, but Prime Minister Netanyahu has jeopardized that security and Israel’s standing in the world through his... Read More about Murphy Statement On Joint Resolutions of Disapproval for Arms Sales to Israel