WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday requested information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on how the agency plans to spend the $170 billion in funding allocated to DHS as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July. Murphy... Read More about Murphy Requests Information From DHS On Spend Plans For $170 Billion In OBBB Funds

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday took to the floor of the U.S. Senate ahead of Tuesday’s government funding deadline, arguing that amidst President Trump’s authoritarian use of the federal government to suppress political speech, prosecute political enemies, and send in the military to Democrat-run cities, any budget... Read More about Murphy: The Senate Should Not Fund Democracy's Destruction

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution event Beyond Productivity: The Pursuit of Purpose In The Age of AI. Murphy’s remarks addressed how unregulated AI threatens to upend the social fabric of our country, potentially eliminating tens of millions of jobs and endangering our collective ability... Read More about Murphy Speaks On AI's Impact on Job Loss, Purpose, Social Connection At Brookings Institution

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) co-sponsored the Protect America’s Workforce Act – bipartisan legislation to repeal two of President Trump’s union-busting executive orders and restore collective bargaining rights and workplace protections for federal workers. These executive orders, issued earlier... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Support Bipartisan Legislation To Repeal Trump's Illegal, Union-Busting Executive Orders

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration’s stop work order on the Revolution Wind project: “The Trump administration’s attempt to shut down the Revolution Wind project – which went through exhaustive reviews by multiple federal... Read More about Murphy Statement On Preliminary Injunction For Revolution Wind Project

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding the Trump Administration withdraw its legally deficient and factually inaccurate... Read More about Murphy Joins Entire Democratic Caucus in Opposing Endangerment Finding Rollback

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined colleagues in writing to Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf to condemn the bank’s union-busting tactics and refusal to bargain in good faith with employees. “As Senators representing constituents who are Wells Fargo employees and customers across the country, we... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Join Colleagues to Call Out Wells Fargo's Union-Busting

MURPHY, SHAHEEN SLAM CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER, CALL ON SECRETARY RUBIO TO PROTECT FORMER EMPLOYEES AND IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee,... Read More about Murphy, Shaheen Slam Conspiracy Theories About Global Engagement Center, Call On Secretary Rubio To Protect Former Employees And Implementing Partners

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Jason Crow (D-Colo.-6) on Thursday joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Representatives Greg Casar (D-Texas-35), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.-06),... Read More about Murphy, Bicameral Group of Democrats Announce Plans to Introduce Legislation to Protect Free Speech, Safeguard Against Politically Motivated Harassment and Prosecutions

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), on Wednesday questioned former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarez, and former Chief Medical Officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Debra Houry, during the committee... Read More about Murphy and Former CDC Leaders Discuss Right Wing Conspiracy Theories, CDC Shooting, and Violent Threats to America’s Scientists

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Tuesday demanded answers from U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and U.S. Department of State Secretary Marco Rubio on the Trump administration’s illegal transfer of hundreds of individuals... Read More about Murphy Demands Answers From Noem, Rubio on Trump's Illegal Deportation Deal With El Salvador, Transfer of Migrants to Torture Prisons

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) today released Corporate Pardons: The Trump Plan to Let Corporations Get Away With Crimes is Ripping Off Americans. The new report reveals how Trump is executing an autocratic, pay-to-play scheme that allows the corporations that support him to break the law, while abandoning his working-class base to... Read More about Murphy Releases New Report On Trump's Corrupt Alliance With Corporations That Break The Law To Raise Prices And Screw Over Consumers

WASHINGTON—Ahead of Judge Constance Baker Motley’s birthday on September 14, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) led a group of lawmakers in introducing legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Judge Motley—the first Black women to serve on... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, DeLauro Lead Lawmakers In Introducing Bipartisan Bill Honoring Constance Baker Motley With Congressional Gold Medal

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to condemn the nominations process rule change being pushed by Senate Republicans, allowing the Senate to batch an unlimited number of nominees into a single vote. Murphy warned the rule change abandons the chamber’s constitutional oversight responsibility,... Read More about Murphy: Senate Republicans Are Abandoning Their Constitutional Responsibilities To Help Trump Break The Law

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.-1) on Tuesday introduced a resolution designating the week of September 8th through September 12th, 2025, as “Malnutrition Awareness Week.” Food insecurity and malnutrition affect over 40 million Americans, disproportionately impacting older adults,... Read More about Murphy, Bonamici Introduce Bicameral Malnutrition Awareness Week Resolution As Republican Budget Bill Rips Nutrition Benefits Away From Families

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday questioned Riley Barnes, nominee to be the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and Bill Bazzi, nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia. Murphy probed Barnes regarding the Trump... Read More about Murphy Questions State Department Nominees On Trump Administration’s Gag Orders Banning Comments On Election Integrity, Freedom Of Assembly, Defense Of Human Rights

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) on Wednesday noted growing support for the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of non-compete clauses, which negatively impact almost one in every five American workers. U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) co-sponsored the... Read More about Support Grows For Murphy, Young Legislation To Limit The Use of Non-Compete Clauses

TIME100 AI 2025: Chris Murphy, US Senator, Connecticut By Billy Perrigo August 28, 2025 In a blistering essay published in June, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut accused leading AI companies of perpetuating a “fraud” on the American people—one that could result, he wrote, in mass job loss and societal upheaval. Today’s top AI... Read More about ICYMI: Murphy in TIME Magazine’s TIME100 AI: AI Companies are “In A Race To Deploy Consumer-Facing, Job-Killing AGI”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel the Revolution Wind Project: "When the oil industry showed up at Mar-a-Lago with a set of demands in exchange for a $1 billion of campaign support for Trump, this is what they were asking for: the destruction of clean... Read More about Murphy Statement On Trump Administration Decision To Cancel Revolution Wind Project

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released, A Dangerous Prospect: How Private Equity Decimated Connecticut Hospitals. The new report details the immense harm to patients and staff caused by private equity’s takeover of three Connecticut hospitals and calls... Read More about Murphy Releases New Report On How Private Equity Gutted Connecticut Hospitals, Leaving Patients And Staff In The Lurch While Enriching Executives