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  • October 08, 2019
    Groton — Ella T. Grasso Technical High School Senior Ramon Morales told Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., during a roundtable on Tuesday that the school gave him the opportunity to further his career. Morales, who is in the electrical trade at the school, said that after graduation he plans to continue to be... Read More
  • October 08, 2019
    NEW LONDON, Conn. (WTNH)– Senator Chris Murphy says he comes to New London a couple of times a year and Tuesday he toured several of the downtown businesses. “Four stylists and I have a range of six barbers,” the owner of Bravado Barber Shop in New London told the democratic senator. “Six... Read More
  • October 08, 2019
    After California's legislature defied the NCAA by passing a bill allowing college athletes to sign potentially lucrative endorsement deals, a state lawmaker says Connecticut should follow suit. "With California and other states moving ahead on this issue, Connecticut also needs to look at this, if for no other reason than to remain competitive for... Read More
  • October 07, 2019
    Most of the Democrats running for president have been reluctant to outline any detailed foreign-policy vision. That’s understandable given how domestic issues tend to dominate presidential primaries, and how difficult and nuanced the answers are to today’s most pressing national-security challenges. The few who have tread into the... Read More
  • October 07, 2019
    President Donald Trump’s decision to remove U.S. troops from Syria was called a “betrayal” in a joint statement issued by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney. “The president’s decision to abandon our Kurdish allies in Northern Syria in the face of an assault by Turkey is a betrayal... Read More
  • October 01, 2019
    HARTFORD — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said he’s helped secure investments for the Long Island Sound in Senate appropriations bills. The Connecticut Democrat, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Friday the funding was included in appropriations bills recently approved by the committee. The funding includes $16 million for... Read More
  • September 30, 2019
    WASHINGTON — Although impeachment appears to be sucking the oxygen out of legislative progress on major issues, Connecticut’s Democratic senators insist negotiations on gun legislation remain ongoing and the White House has not shut the door on either expanded background checks or the “red flag” emergency restraining... Read More
  • September 29, 2019
    At a press conference at the United Nations last week, President Donald Trump accused Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of being too busy on an impeachment "witch-hunt" to work with him on gun control.  "Chris Murphy who've I've been dealing with on guns," President Trump said in his speech. "So nice and always, 'No, we want to work it out, we want... Read More
  • September 29, 2019
    Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said he warned the Ukrainian government not to meddle in America's electoral process days before it was revealed that President Trump sought to enlist the help of that country's leader to dig up and disseminate dirt on a political... Read More
  • September 29, 2019
    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was attempting to act on behalf of the United States when he tried to convince the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. “Of course, Rudy Giuliani is... Read More
  • September 27, 2019
    NEW HAVEN — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., wants to ensure Connecticut continues vital research into Eastern Equine Encephalitis after a second person died from the disease this week. Murphy toured the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station mosquito lab, which is responsible for tracking and researching vector borne diseases,... Read More
  • September 25, 2019
    The latest revelations about President Trump’s request for a political campaign “favor” from the Ukrainian government have led New Haven’s representatives in Washington to join the Democratic stampede toward impeachment. New Haven U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro accused Trump of breaking the law and engaging in possible extortion by... Read More
  • September 24, 2019
    Calling it the “most serious moment of the Trump administration to date,” Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said the president has openly admitted to having asked a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 elections. And while he has stayed silent on the question to date, he said the revelations of the last few days over contacts between... Read More
  • September 24, 2019
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut says the Ukrainian whistleblower complaint needs to be sent to Congress immediately. We'll speak with Senator Murphy and other experts about the developing Ukrainian crisis, the attack on Saudi oil fields, gun reform, and much more. Today's guests: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn. Ana Radelat,... Read More
  • September 23, 2019
    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) knocked Republicans on Monday over a largely muted response to a whistleblower complaint reportedly linked to President Trump.  "This is an extraordinary moment. We're watching this country turn into a banana republic. Republicans better be careful what they wish for because a Democratic... Read More
  • September 23, 2019
    HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy will discuss strategies with Connecticut officials on solutions to ending youth homelessness on Monday in Hartford. Sen. Murphy along with the Connecticut State Department of Education will work to figure out how they can get those who are homeless to improve their school... Read More
  • September 22, 2019
    WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on Sunday called on an anonymous whistleblower from the intelligence community to come forward as congressional Democrats investigate whether President Donald Trump improperly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son for political purposes. "I think if an... Read More
  • September 21, 2019
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy called on fellow lawmakers to open a new investigation into President Donald Trump on Friday amid reports Trump repeatedly urged the president of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son. The revelation comes as some Congressional leaders fought this week to gain access to a whistleblower complaint that... Read More
  • September 20, 2019
    WASHINGTON — Despite a flurry of activity this week on guns, the sad truth is the negotiators (including Sen. Chris Murphy) are back to square one. Murphy was in a meeting with Attorney General William Barr late Wednesday as Trump’s enforcer-in-chief shopped around an expanded-background-check idea — one that appeared to give at... Read More
  • September 18, 2019
    (WTNH) — Senator Chris Murphy and other Democratic lawmakers are once again pushing for Republicans to take on stalled gun control bills. On the Senate floor Tuesday, the group said it was fed up with inaction and demanded that Republicans allow a vote on a bill to close loopholes in the federal gun background check law. “People love... Read More

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