The White House last week quietly released $105 million in military aid to Lebanon that had languished for months despite approval from the U.S. Congress, the Department of Defense, and the State Department, leading some lawmakers to compare it to the frozen Ukraine aid at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. So far,... Read More about ‘We Are Telegraphing Abandonment’

WASHINGTON, DC (WTNH) — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy will join a rally with gun violence survivors and prevention advocates in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.  The Supreme Court will hear arguments in NYSRPA v. City of New York, the first major Second Amendment case to go before the Court in nearly a... Read More about Sen. Murphy, gun safety advocates to rally in the nation’s capitol

WASHINGTON, DC/NORTH-CENTRAL, CT — U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John Larson (CT-01), and U.S. Sens Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), on Monday released a letter they received from the IRS confirming that the Connecticut Foundation Solutions Indemnity Company, Inc., or CFSIc, is not required to issue federal... Read More about CT Delegation Gets IRS Clarification On Foundation Assistance

A U.S. senator from Connecticut visited the home of a detained human rights activist in the Mideast island kingdom of Bahrain. Activists shared photographs with The Associated Press showing Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, visiting the home of Nabeel Rajab on Saturday night. Murphy had been in the kingdom for the annual Manama Dialogue security... Read More about Sen. Murphy Visits Home of Imprisoned Bahrain Rights Activist

Washington – Sen. Chris Murphy has given Democrats conducting an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump an accounting of his September trip to Ukraine — a letter written after his Republican companion on the trip, Sen. Ron Johnson, sent GOP lawmakers his own analysis of that visit. Johnson concluded in his Nov. 18... Read More about Murphy gives House impeachment investigators account of his Kiev trip

The seventh anniversary of the shooting that jolted the nation is fast approaching. On Dec. 14, 2012 an emotionally and psychologically troubled 20-year-old blasted his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and used a semi-automatic assault rifle to quickly kill six adult educators and 20 children before shooting himself. The timing... Read More about Mass shootings continue but McConnell won’t allow gun-control vote

On Thursday (November 14), students at a high school just north of Los Angeles, California, were on lockdown. At least two students were killed and several others were injured when an armed classmate attacked Saugus High School in Santa Clarita. That same morning, Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut were in Washington, D.C.,... Read More about AS THIS SENATOR TRIED TO PASS A GUN CONTROL BILL, ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING TOOK PLACE

Federal funding for community health centers is nearing expiration this year. And both health professionals and politicians are warning, that may have some impacts on Connecticut centers and patients. Laying people off of work isn’t something that CEO Nichelle Mullins wants to do just before the holidays. But if federal funding for Charter... Read More about Funding cliff for community health centers puts staffing, patients at risk

In the wake of the Santa Clarita shooting, Connecticut’s United States senators are renewing their push for gun control legislation but a relative of a Sandy Hook victim says it’s an unproductive effort. “It goes beyond a political responsibility or a legal mandate. It’s a moral imperative that we stop... Read More about CT senators push for gun control in wake of California school shooting

Moments before a shooting in California, Connecticut’s two U.S. Senators took to the Senate floor Thursday to scold their Republican colleagues for refusing to take a vote on expanded gun background-check legislation.  Their remarks were made almost at the same moment multiple people were injured, at least two fatally, in a shooting at... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Make Another Push for Gun Background Checks Right Before Latest School Shooting

A local business has been highlighted as part of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy's (D-Conn.) series on manufacturers across the state. Bausch Advanced Technologies, Inc., a specialist in the manufacturing of customized systems for primary packaging of syringes, cartridges and vials for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, was recognized for its... Read More about Clinton Manufacturer Highlighted By Senator

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has teamed with New Hampshire’s U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to author the Fair Indexing for Health Care Affordability Act, which is designed to roll back a recent Trump administration’s rule change related to eligibility for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) premium tax credits. According to a... Read More about U.S. Sen. Murphy seeks to cancel Trump change on ACA premium tax credits

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Chris Murphy and five other colleagues have written Secretary of State Michael Pompeo “to express our concerns for the safety and fair treatment” of Gavin Hapgood, the Darien man charged with manslaughter in Anguilla. Hapgood faces a Nov. 11 hearing in Anguilla and the letter notes that... Read More about In letter, Blumenthal, Murphy and Sen. Graham ask Sec. Pompeo to assure safety of Darien banker accused of manslaughter in Anguilla

The U.S. Navy has reached an agreement with the parent company of Groton-based Electric Boat on a multibillion-dollar deal to buy the next batch of Virginia-class attack submarines, according to the service. After protracted negotiations, the deal was cut from 11 submarines to nine, with an option to buy a 10th vessel in 2023, because funding was... Read More about Electric Boat parent gets multibillion-dollar Navy sub deal

Top federal and state environmental officials from New England and New York announced 35 grants totaling $2.6 million to local state and local government and community groups to improve the health and ecosystem of Long Island Sound. Twenty grants totaling $1.4 million benefit Connecticut. Three grants totaling $250,000 benefit Massachusetts and... Read More about $2.6 million in grants awarded to improve the health of Long Island Sound

CLINTON, CT — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) recently announced that BAUSCH Advanced Technologies, Inc. (BAT) in Clinton was a "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer" honoree. Founded in 2004 and working out of a 38,000 square foot facility, BAT specializes in the manufacturing of customized systems for primary packaging of syringes, cartridges and... Read More about U.S. Senator Chris Murphy Highlights Clinton Manufacturer

From a clinic in Hartford’s Asylum Hill neighborhood last week to a regulatory hearing room Friday, the increasing number of utility shut-offs for low- and moderate-income families is getting more attention this fall than it has in years. The numbers themselves are partly the reason: 39,200 disconnections in Eversource’s territory in... Read More about After utility shut-offs in Connecticut more than double, regulators hold hearing on programs for low- and moderate-income families

Vikram Butani said he’s still searching for new ways to make surgeons’ jobs easier while his business continues to pile up successes. “This is a passion, and the team that we have is a small but a passionate team,” said the founder and CEO of Kubtec Medical Imaging, which has seen a surge of recognition since relocating... Read More about Digital imaging company focuses on the future

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy spoke at a press conference on Thursday in Washington, D.C., on the importance of open enrollment for health care plans, which begins on November 1. Alongside fellow Democratic senators, Murphy talked about the costs advertised during open enrollment and how companies have promoted “junk insurance plans" that... Read More about Murphy Slams 'Junk' Health Insurance Plans

The federal agency responsible for maintaining America’s vast federal lands, is halting the use of non-essential Chinese-made drones, following pressure from members of Congress. The Department of Interior had previously resisted making this move in recent months. In July, it announced that it had completed a 15-month review of its drone... Read More about Interior Department Will Stop Using Non-Essential Chinese Drones