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  • January 02, 2020
    WOODBRIDGE, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut lawmakers have announced new funding for security measures in places of worship in the wake of several acts of antisemitism last year. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy joined state lawmakers and members of the Jewish Federation of Connecticut Thursday at the... Read More
  • January 02, 2020
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut says new Trump administration regulations would restrict food and energy assistance to low-income households. Murphy, who is a Democrat, is seeking bipartisan support to block the new rules. One of the rules restricts eligibility for single adults to qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,... Read More
  • January 02, 2020
    John Carlson is one of many facing medical debt in Connecticut, and yet he considers himself lucky. Now 19, Carlson developed a soft tissue cancer at the age of 16 that at one point left him unable to speak or eat. The Middletown resident spent two years fighting to become cancer-free and his parents took out $20,000 in loans to cover the cost of... Read More
  • January 02, 2020
    In honor of National Mentoring Month, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy hosted a roundtable discussion at the YWCA Thursday with local mentors and mentees to talk about their experience in mentorship programs.  Murphy, who was co-founder of the bipartisan resolution that recognizes January as National Mentoring Month, said data trends show clearly that... Read More
  • January 02, 2020
    HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that New Haven innovator Biohaven Pharmaceuticals has been named "Innovator of the Month". Founded in 2013, Biohaven is a rapidly growing company focused on neurological-innovation and developing products that address several of the most disabling and devastating neurological... Read More
  • December 31, 2019
    Protesters broke into the United States Embassy in Baghdad and lit fires inside the compound on Tuesday, while thousands of people chanted “Death to America” outside. President Donald Trump said the attack was orchestrated by Iran Tuesday and insisted the country would be held “fully responsible.” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy,... Read More
  • December 18, 2019
    NEWTOWN - Connecticut’s top lawmakers have called for stronger standards for gun locks and firearm safes to keep weapons out children’s hands. U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats, introduced a bill calling on the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission to announce standards for gun locks and safes after a... Read More
  • December 17, 2019
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut plans to convene a bipartisan working group this week to consider the rights of student athletes.   He released on Monday his third and final report about the challenges facing NCAA athletes. Murphy says it’s a civil rights issue. “These are largely young African American... Read More
  • December 17, 2019
    WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators taking an interest in the compensation and other benefits provided to college athletes met with NCAA President Mark Emmert on Capitol Hill Tuesday and said afterward they would like to hear from athletes and are interested in taking a federal legislative approach that may address issues beyond athletes’... Read More
  • December 16, 2019
    HARTFORD, CT — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced Monday that Sign Pro, Inc. of Southington is this week's "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer."  Founded in 1990, Sign Pro, Inc. is a turnkey manufacturer, systems integrator, designer and installer of interior and exterior signage, custom structures, and marketing materials. The company... Read More
  • December 16, 2019
    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued a report Monday morning that calls for the NCAA to make dramatic changes in how it handles athletes’ health care, including demands that schools pay for “complete coverage” of costs related to current athletes’ participation in sports and unspecified “restitution” to former... Read More
  • December 16, 2019
    Chris Murphy came to New Haven’s newest co-working space with a cause he believes can unite Democrats with Republicans in Washington, and tech execs with fast-food workers in the trenches. The cause: Banning non-compete clauses. Not just for top executives. Not just for burger-flippers. For just about everyone in America. Murphy, a Democratic... Read More
  • December 16, 2019
    Sen. Chris Murphy continued to hit the college sports establishment Monday, accusing the NCAA and its member schools of devoting insufficient attention to student-athlete health. “It is astounding that the NCAA has not taken firmer steps to make sure that all of its members put the health of its athletes first,” Murphy said at a press... Read More
  • December 16, 2019
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy ripped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday, saying it’s shocking that McConnell intends to be coordinating the upcoming impeachment trial with President Donald Trump’s lawyers. “I think it’s stunning that Mitch McConnell is openly advertising he’s coordinating with the White House... Read More
  • December 16, 2019
    HARTFORD — Sen. Chris Murphy on Monday released his third critical report on college athletics, focusing on what he considers the failure to protect student athletes from devastating and sometimes fatal injuries. “Across college sports, too many athletes leave their collegiate careers broken,” said Murphy’s... Read More
  • December 16, 2019
    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John Larson (CT-01) on Monday announced that funding they have supported to provide federal resources to conduct research on Connecticut's crumbling foundations crisis has been included in the final, conferenced version of the... Read More
  • December 14, 2019
    With a continued push for tighter gun regulations, recent updates in a lawsuit against a Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist, Sandy Hook Promise trainings on gun violence prevention and, of course, the grief experienced by those who lost loved ones seven years ago, Connecticut continues to remember and revisit the Sandy Hook... Read More
  • December 12, 2019
    During the brutal 15-year civil war in Lebanon, Marie Noujaim had family members repeatedly shot at and caught in bombings. It wasn’t until 1987, as the war ramped up to its bloody climax, that Noujaim fled to Waterbury with her two children. The city was a haven where they could safely take root with family and a strong Lebanese... Read More
  • December 09, 2019
    Anxieties about accelerating climate change are less global and more local as U.S. senators from New England press the region’s electric grid operator to more aggressively promote carbon-free energy. As states increasingly look to reduce greenhouse gas — Connecticut announced Thursday its biggest wind power project yet — eight... Read More
  • December 06, 2019
    STAMFORD — Rising healthcare costs and the greater prevalence of high-deductible plans are leading to growing medical bill debt, and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., wants to talk about it. Or rather, he wants to listen to his constituents talk about it. On Friday afternoon, Murphy stopped by the Community Health Center of Stamford for the... Read More

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