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  • June 18, 2019
    WEST HARTFORD – Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford recently presented the 2019 Tara’s Closet Humanitarian Award to U.S. Senator Chris Murphy. A mental health advocate, Murphy introduced the bipartisan Mental Health Reform Act of 2015, signed into law in 2016, to expand federal resources and improve coordination for mental health... Read More
  • June 16, 2019
    Every day that the U.S. Senate fails to act, another 80 or so people die. Most of the country would be demanding accountability — if the subject were anything other than gun violence prevention. Shamefully, Senate leadership considers it acceptable to let the death count continue unabated while it does nothing. More than 100 days ago the U.S.... Read More
  • June 14, 2019
    Another week, another community ripped apart by a mass shooting. Most recently it was Virginia Beach, where a shooter on May 31 killed 12 people in a municipal building. In early May it was a school in Denver where two shooters injured eight and killed one heroic student who tried to stop them. Just a week before that it was a synagogue... Read More
  • June 14, 2019
    Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Christopher S. Murphy are among a group of lawmakers leading a new charge to repeal a federal law shielding firearms manufacturers and sellers from liability when their weapons are used to commit crimes. The Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act, introduced Tuesday by Blumenthal, Murphy,... Read More
  • June 13, 2019
    Connecticut's Democratic senators are calling on the new commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base, Capt. Todd Moore, to prioritize readying the base against potential impacts of climate change. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy said in a letter to Moore that they are collecting information on how Connecticut's military... Read More
  • June 11, 2019
    Washington – After Lonnie and Sandy Phillips lost their 24-year-old daughter, Jessi, in a 2012 mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Co., the couple tried to sue the online retailer who sold their daughter’s killer 4,000 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition without a background check. But because a federal law gives gun... Read More
  • June 10, 2019
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut continues to play a leadership role in fighting to end the nation’s complicity in the humanitarian disaster that continues in Yemen. The Democrat’s latest legislative initiative, introduced with bipartisan support, is again evidence of that. Many Americans remain unaware of the blood on U.S. hands... Read More
  • June 09, 2019
    Senators are continuing to look for creative ways to push back against the Trump administration’s foreign policy initiatives, especially when it comes to Saudi Arabia. The latest bipartisan effort seeks to force a floor vote to request Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to report to Congress on the human rights record of Saudi Arabia,... Read More
  • June 06, 2019 — by Republican American
    NAUGATUCK — Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess stood on the overgrown vacant lot off Elm Street that was once home to Uniroyal factories Thursday morning and painted a picture of his vision for the Port of Naugatuck project for U.S. Sen. Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn). It’s a vision the borough is hoping the federal government can... Read More
  • June 06, 2019
    NORWALK — Renee Bea of Darien has watched her 7-year-old daughter struggle with migraines. Bea said she’s grateful for the protections in the federal Affordable Care Act for people with pre-existing conditions, but is concerned that recent efforts to reduce or invalidate the law could jeopardize those. “It just floors me that at... Read More
  • June 05, 2019
    Senator Chris Murphy argued that President Donald Trump is committing "nuclear nonproliferation malpractice" by transferring nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia against the wishes of Congress, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers aims circumvent a multibillion-dollar arms sale to the kingdom. "The president's committing nuclear nonproliferation... Read More
  • June 05, 2019
    Washington – Connecticut lawmakers joined other Democrats Wednesday to condemn Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for failing to hold votes on two House-passed bills that would have reformed the system the FBI uses to vet potential gun buyers. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., called the failure of a GOP-controlled Senate to bring up... Read More
  • May 30, 2019
    BRISTOL- Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy joined local government and healthcare representatives at Bristol Hospital Thursday for a roundtable discussion where he argued in defense of the Affordable Care Act. President Donald Trump has called for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare, which he has... Read More
  • May 30, 2019
    (WTNH) - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is responding to reports that veterans in Connecticut are being denied mental health care. Some vets with an other-than-honorable discharge were turned away and given incorrect information when they went for treatment.  Sen. Murphy is now demanding that the U.S. Department of Veterans... Read More
  • May 29, 2019
    NORWICH - A lawsuit calling for the end of the Affordable Care Act could have a devastating effect in Connecticut, especially on people who have pre-existing health conditions, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Wednesday. The senator led a roundtable discussion on the issue at United Community and Family Services. Taking part were about 50... Read More
  • May 29, 2019
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy came to New Haven’s new Canal Dock Boathouse on Long Wharf, Wednesday, to pitch his plans to keep the coast intact amid climate change — and heard some other ideas about how to do that. Murphy spoke about a proposal he plans to reintroduce along with fellow U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California, called the Living... Read More
  • May 29, 2019
    If some key Democrats get their way, the Senate will have to vote on the limits of President Donald Trump’s ability to go to war with Iran. The vote would come as part of floor debate on the fiscal 2020 defense authorization. The Senate Armed Services Committee last week turned back an effort to express opposition to military action against... Read More
  • May 22, 2019
    Sen. Chris Murphy warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump is considering using an "obscure loophole" in arms control law that would allow his administration to sell a new batch of bombs to Saudi Arabia without congressional approval. Circumventing Congress in order to sell munitions to the Saudis "would be a complete abuse of power," Murphy... Read More
  • May 21, 2019
    Washington – The Connecticut congressional delegation on Tuesday introduced a bill in the U.S. House named after a 15-year-old from Guilford that would place new requirements on gun owners to ensure firearms are stored safely in the home. Ethan’s Law, named after Ethan Song, a teen who accidentally shot himself in the head last... Read More
  • May 20, 2019
    Under a new law, the lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook have been given a wild and scenic designation by the U.S. National Park Service. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said the law has been years in the making. The upper part of the river has held this designation since 1994. Former U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson first started the process to apply the same... Read More

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