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  • January 27, 2020
    As President Donald Trump’s lawyers continued their defense Monday, Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy joined other Democratic colleagues in saying new revelations from John Bolton bolsters their case for summoning witnesses in the Senate’s impeachment trial. “We need to hear from (Bolton) and see his... Read More
  • January 23, 2020
    Coming up on today's show: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D CT), member of the Foreign Relations committee, talks about the impeachment trial in the Senate: Fred Mogul, WNYC state government and politics reporter, and Josefa Velasquez, senior reporter for The City, recap Governor Cuomo's 2020 budget proposal, including his plan to... Read More
  • January 23, 2020
    BRISTOL - A Northeast Middle School sixth grader’s essay is among the winners in U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day essay challenge.  This year, Murphy received close to 1,500 entries from elementary, middle, and high school students from across Connecticut reflecting on King’s dream and... Read More
  • January 22, 2020
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy excoriated schools’ treatment of college athletes ahead of the NCAA’s annual convention, and said he favors federal legislation allowing them to earn money from endorsements. “Federal legislation must make sure the athletes who are drawing all the fans, viewers, and endorsements receive a portion of the... Read More
  • January 22, 2020
    Washington — Unable to change the rules of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to allow for interviewing new witnesses and the introduction of new evidence, Senate Democrats, including Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, resorted to a new strategy Wednesday. They are appealing directly to American voters... Read More
  • January 22, 2020
    BRIDGEPORT — A sixth grader from Bridgeport is among 15 students statewide to win a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Essay challenge run by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut. Jovonn Sokolovic, 11, of Park City Magnet School in Bridgeport, was among three 4th Congressional District winners. Murphy called the choice a hard one. “It’s... Read More
  • January 22, 2020
    Washington — Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut accused the president of misleading the American public for weeks by denying any U.S. personnel were injured in an Iranian missile strike earlier this month and downplaying the severity of their injuries once they became public. Before leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos,... Read More
  • January 21, 2020
    Washington – The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump began Tuesday with warring views of how it should proceed. Democrats, including Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s rules for conducting the trial, calling them corrupt and “rigged” to... Read More
  • January 21, 2020
    In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday the 15 winning essays of his fourth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Essay Challenge. This year, Murphy received close to 1,500 entries from elementary, middle and high school students from across Connecticut reflecting on Dr. King’s dream and... Read More
  • January 16, 2020
    WASHINGTON DC — The articles of impeachment were formally presented to the Senate Thursday, which means the next step is preparing the trial. Senator Chris Murphy discussed the recent developments calling it a “somber day in Senate,” as the trial is prepared. Murphy also spoke of another Connecticut politician that has made... Read More
  • January 16, 2020
    Washington – On the day they were sworn in as jurors for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, Connecticut’s senators joined their Democratic colleagues to press a contentious issue that will roil proceedings when the trial officially begins next week. Namely, the calling of witnesses and inclusion of new documents and... Read More
  • January 15, 2020
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said this week that Oxford Performance Materials of South Windsor is this week's "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer." OPM is located at 30 South Satellite Road in South Windsor. A materials science company founded in 2000, OPM is an innovative biomedical devices manufacturer that specializes in 3D printing for the... Read More
  • January 14, 2020
    The U.S. Congress has never declared war on Iran. And yet, earlier this month, the U.S. government ordered the assassination of a high-ranking Iranian military official. President Trump’s strike against Qasem Soleimani produced no small amount of collateral damage. The missiles that killed the Iranian commander also wiped... Read More
  • January 14, 2020
    Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy joined 32 Senate Democrats, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, in a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday in support of Puerto Rico’s request for a major disaster declaration following weeks of earthquakes. On January 7, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook the island --... Read More
  • January 13, 2020
    Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut says the U.S. is in a “fairly precarious position” now that Iraq wants U.S. forces out of the country. On Friday, the U.S. State Department rejected Iraq’s request for American troops to withdraw from the country — one week after a U.S. strike killed Iran's... Read More
  • January 12, 2020
    NEW BRITAIN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy along with Mayor Erin Stewart paid a visit to the Hospital for Central Connecticut Tuesday morning to witness how its covid-19 vaccine distribution program operates. “I’m glad that they’re busy and I’m glad that we are vaccinating as many first responders and frontline... Read More
  • January 08, 2020
    Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., joined ABC News’ Powerhouse Politics podcaston Wednesday, echoing other claims that the United States has undergone damage since the targeting of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl asked the senator, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, if he... Read More
  • January 08, 2020
    Washington – Despite classified briefings and an address by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, members of Connecticut’s Democratic congressional delegation remained critical of Trump’s handling of the Iran crisis and continued to voice concerns about an escalation in hostilities between the two nations. “I would... Read More
  • January 07, 2020
    Washington – Sen. Chris Murphy, who has emerged as a leading critic of Trump administration hostility to Iran, says he is driven by the desire to prevent another “cataclysmic mistake” in the Middle East and encourage others to voice their concerns. Although he’s far from being the most senior Democrat on the Senate... Read More
  • January 05, 2020
    Washington — Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut warned Sunday that the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's powerful Quds Force, could open a "Pandora's box" that endangers the lives of U.S. officials. "We do not generally execute high-level political figures of sovereign nations, in part because we know that that... Read More

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