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  • August 14, 2021 — by Michael Isikoff
    Calling the Afghan government “rife with corruption,” Sen. Chris Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded President Biden’s move to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 as the only reasonable step after 20 years of frustration and failure.“The longer we stay, the stronger the Taliban gets,” Murphy, a... Read More
  • August 13, 2021
    US Senator Chris Murphy says Washington should deprioritize hostility toward Iran, cut down its military presence in the Middle East, and urge Saudi Arabia to "come to terms" with Hezbollah in Lebanon.In a podcast interview with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Murphy said decreasing the overall "militaristic footprint" includes... Read More
  • August 11, 2021
    From the Biden administration itself, Mira Resnick of the Department of State and Dana Stroul from the Department of Defense gave testimonies, with Egypt taking center stage. The two officials defended American assistance to Egypt despite the country’s heavy-handed crackdown on dissidents and the country’s detention of as many as 60,000 political... Read More
  • August 10, 2021 — by STEPHEN SINGER
    Federal infrastructure spending of nearly $1 trillion would bring billions of dollars to Connecticut for highway construction, bridge repairs, electric vehicle charging stations and more, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Sen. Chris Murphy said Tuesday.The 69-30 bipartisan vote Tuesday sends the first phase of President Joe Biden's "Build Back... Read More
  • August 10, 2021
    This week on Babel, Jon talks with Sen. Chris Murphy, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism. They discuss the U.S. relationship with Gulf allies, regional proxy battles with Iran, investing in Lebanon and Tunisia, and how worried policymakers should be about China's... Read More
  • August 02, 2021 — by Ken Dixon
    Connecticut’s two U.S. senators anticipate major investment funding will be coming to Connecticut, including rail, highways, bridges, coastal resiliency and Veterans Affairs programming, in the pending trillion-dollar infrastructure compromise bill they expect to vote on by the end of the week.During a morning virtual news conference from... Read More
  • August 02, 2021 — by CLARE SECRIST
    The U.S. Senate is expected to advance a $1 trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill this week.U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut said the plan is to increase funding for railroads, among other things."This is a meaningful and impactful downpayment that arguably will have more impact in Connecticut than in almost any other state in that... Read More
  • August 01, 2021 — by Alex Putterman
    As he watches the change rapidly reshaping American college sports, Chris Murphy can't help but wish progress always came so quickly.In the two and a half years since the Connecticut senator became Washington's most outspoken advocate for college athletes' economic rights, a decades-old movement has broken through in major ways. Coaches, athletic... Read More
  • July 29, 2021
    US Sen. Chris Murphy issued a blistering critique of the Egyptian government’s human rights abuses Wednesday, urging the Biden administration not to waive a congressionally mandated hold on a fraction of annual military aid to Cairo.“Only China and Iran execute more people every year than Egypt, and many of these executions are for political... Read More
  • July 29, 2021 — by Mark Leon Goldberg
    United States Senator Chris Murphy wants to radically reign in the President’s ability to use military force abroad. Chris Murphy is a Democrat from Connecticut and with Independent Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont Republican Senator Mike Lee from Utah is a co-sponsor of the new National Security Powers Act. If enacted, this legislation would... Read More
  • July 28, 2021 — by EDMUND H. MAHONY
    The final two nominees for open seats on the state’s federal court — assistant U.S. attorney Sarala Nagala and Superior Court Judge Omar Williams — appeared on track for appointment after receiving warm receptions Wednesday during questioning at the Senate Judiciary Committee, which opens the confirmation process.Both were nominated for the... Read More
  • July 21, 2021
    This hour, how much power should a president have to take military action?Coming up we speak with Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy, who argues that presidents have accumulated too much leeway to take military action.He wants to shift some of that authority to Congress.And the latest on efforts to get an infrastructure bill through the senate. Read More
  • July 19, 2021 — by J.D. ALLEN
    U.S. Senate Democrats are expected to push forward on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill this week. Connecticut’s two Senators want significant increases in railroad funding to be included.Senator Chris Murphy said upgrades to the Northeast Rail Corridor would create jobs. It would also offer a faster, more reliable system to improve commutes for... Read More
  • July 17, 2021 — by The Day Editorial Board
    Connecticut residents who commute to work by rail, along with those who wish they could do so, got plenty of good news in recent weeks.In June, Gov. Ned Lamont announced a rail improvement plan dubbed Time for CT. Following what appears to be an exhaustive study of rail conditions on Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line, state and rail officials... Read More
  • July 16, 2021 — by ANNA ELIZABETH
    Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal both said they would support new rail corridors through Connecticut, at a press conference with Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Joseph Giulietti at the Windsor train station on Friday. The public appearance was in support of a $117 billion plan released on Thursday, called Connect NEC 2035, that... Read More
  • July 15, 2021 — by Marc Rod
    A day after some Senate leaders emerged from a classified briefing with Secretary of State Tony Blinken offering a pessimistic outlook on the chances of re-entering the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told Jewish Insider that the deal remains the U.S.’s only viable option for dealing with Iran.Murphy, who did not attend... Read More
  • July 15, 2021 — by ELIZA FAWCETT
    For families across the state struggling to raise children amid the adversity of the COVID-19 pandemic, new relief will begin appearing in their bank accounts this week. Monthly payments for the federal child tax credit — significantly expanded for a year through President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package — start officially... Read More
  • July 14, 2021 — by GREGORY STROUD
    On Wednesday, the NEC Commission announced the launch of Phase 1 of the NEC Future vision for improving rail service along the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C. and Boston. Dubbed Connect 2035, the plan calls for the completion of 150 significant projects over 15 years at an additional cost of $100 billion dollars.These plans include a... Read More
  • July 14, 2021 — by GRACE MCFADDEN
    The first of three nominees for judge for Connecticut’s federal District Court was introduced at a Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.Sarah Merriam is a former campaign manager for U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, who praised her at the hearing.“From a very personal standpoint, I am very humbled to be able to stand here today and be able to... Read More
  • July 14, 2021 — by Mikayla Rumph
    BOSTON — On June 25, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will provide $50 million dollars for Environmental Justice (EJ) initiatives through funds allocated to EPA under the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The City of Hartford's Department of Health and Human Services will be receiving $200,000 under this initiative... Read More

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