U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut joined high school students in Washington, one year after the March for Our Lives against gun violence. Blumenthal honored three recently passed mass shooting survivors, including James Richman who died in Newtown on Monday, saying the legacy of lives lost due to gun violence should... Read More

Washington – When Paola Esparra left Dorado, Puerto Rico for New Britain a little more than a year ago, she thought she was fleeing her hurricane-wrecked homeland for an education in accounting at Central Connecticut State University. Now her horizons have expanded and Esparra, 22, is considering a future in politics. “It once was not... Read More

NEW BRITAIN - Connecticut’s two senators said Monday morning that the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be made public beyond the summary letter Attorney General William Barr provided to Congress. Their comments on the two-year probe were made following a forum on arming teachers with guns at New Britain High School. On Friday,... Read More

NEW BRITAIN - Students at New Britain High School told a few members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation that teachers should not be armed in schools. The message came during a roundtable discussion in the school’s library with U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, and U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes. The legislators were there... Read More

NEW BRITAIN, CT (WFSB) - Lawmakers held a discussion about gun violence on Monday morning in New Britain. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal joined Rep. Jahana Hayes for a discussion with teachers, students and school administrators. The focus was about keeping guns out of classrooms. Students argued that more guns in school could stifle the... Read More

TORRINGTON, Conn. (WtNH) - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is taking a closer look at the impact of the Trump administration's budget proposal on Monday morning. Murphy says the plan cuts critical aid to seniors and low-income families like Medicare and social security. The senator says it would also eliminate federal housing vouchers and the 'Meals on... Read More

The US congress is not going to pass a trade deal with Britain in the event of a hard Brexit, which would inevitably “blow up” the Northern Ireland peace process, a visiting American senator warned, as he spoke of “deep concern” in Washington about the chaotic state of the political process in this country. Chris Murphy... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is heading across the Atlantic tomorrow for a round of meetings with U.K. and Irish government leaders concerning the problems surrounding the British withdrawal from the European Union, commonly known as Brexit. The Connecticut Democrat, who is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is to meet with officials in... Read More

On Thursday morning, a curious scene emerged on Pennsylvania Avenue: Between the throngs of tourists snapping photos of the Washington Monument and commuters rushing to work, high school students pushed their way toward the White House. At 9 a.m., hundreds of teenagers from the District and suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia left their... Read More

Environmental advocates are cheering the signing into law of a sprawling natural resources bill that permanently re-authorizes the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund and furnishes certain local waterways with a national “wild and scenic” designation. With President Donald Trump’s signing of the John D. Dingell Jr.... Read More

WASHINGTON (WTNH) - Hundreds of Maryland students walked out of their classrooms and marched from the White House to the Capitol on Thursday. They are protesting the Federal Government's lack of action on gun violence. Washington Correspondent Morgan Wright reports the students say lawmakers need to make meaningful changes in the nation's gun... Read More

Washington – On the same day the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a historic ruling allowing a lawsuit by victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to move forward, Connecticut lawmakers introduced resolutions that aim to block the use of federal education grants to arm teachers. Sen. Richard Blumenthal called the state Supreme... Read More

WASHINGTON — With new momentum on Capitol Hill for gun-violence-prevention measures, Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal unveiled a proposal Wednesday to extend gun-purchase background checks to sales of ammunition. The Democratic-controlled House has approved bills to expand background checks to most private firearms transactions as... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to end U.S. support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition's war in Yemen. The bipartisan vote Wednesday is another strong rebuke of President Donald Trump's support for Saudi Arabia, which has been a point of tension with Congress since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. The White House has... Read More

As lawmakers look to reshape the federal loan process in the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, a cohort knows firsthand the pain of rising college costs — 68 members, or 13 percent of Congress, reported that either they or their family members are mired in student debt. Collectively, the 44 Democrats and 24 Republicans... Read More

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) - Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal will be in Hartford on Monday to hear from people who live in unsafe apartment complexes. Officials say the senators will also announce a plan that would end section 8 payment contracts with both the Barbour Gardens and Infill Apartments. Their tour begins at 11:45 a.m. Monday.... Read More

Alexis Crosswell thought she’d freshen up before welcoming her U.S. senators into the Barbour Gardens apartment she shares with her mother, but the water in her shower Monday morning ran freezing cold and then not at all. So the 22-year-old Hartford woman added the unplanned outage to the litany of failures she and her mother detailed for... Read More

Representatives from area environmental organizations, and environmentally-minded residents, gathered at the Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center in Milford Sunday, March 10, with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy to talk about the health of Long Island Sound and other issues. One of the attendees, DJ King of DJ King Lobsters in Branford, told the senator... Read More

As the Trump administration tries to end Temporary Protected Status for countries such as El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti, thousands of immigrants fleeing the economic and political crisis in Venezuela are looking for humanitarian protections under TPS, so they won’t be deported. TPS allows immigrants to live and work legally in the U.S.,... Read More

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) - Senator Chris Murphy will be joining the celebration today. Murphy is marching with the people of New Haven in the St. Patrick's Day parade later this afternoon. Murphy is heading to Milford after the parade to host a round-table discussion on the future of the Long Island Sound. The discussion is meant to improve projects... Read More