U.S. Senator Chris Murphy joined Connecticut's community colleges, their foundations and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) on Oct. 17 to announce the establishment of the Precision Metalforming Association Scholarship for Tunxis (TCC), Middlesex (MxCC) and Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) students who are studying precision... Read More

WASHINGTON – A senator who championed legislation earlier this year to increase access to mental and behavioral health care for veterans with other-than-honorable discharges is worried the word isn’t getting out to the thousands of veterans now eligible for care they were previously denied. The Honor Our Commitment Act, approved as part... Read More

Wheeler received a five-year federal grant in the amount of $2.5 million to serve families in Hartford, whose infants and children age birth to 12 have experienced trauma, and are at risk for, show early signs of, or have been diagnosed with a mental illness or Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This grant is only one of 10 awarded... Read More

Connecticut is receiving over 20 million dollars in federal funding to combat the opioid epidemic. The state plans to buy 10,000 doses of Narcan. The drug, also known as Naloxone, is used in emergency situations to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal said he keeps the drug in his car in case he... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., cited persistent race-based socioeconomic disparities as the root of his newly introduced Strength in Diversity Act, legislation that would allocate $120 million in grants to create voluntary community-driven strategies and strengthen existing endeavors designed to increase diversity in schools. The legislation... Read More

BRIDGEPORT — U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal on Friday announced that the state will be receiving a $10 million grant to better coordinate the treatment that substance abusers receive, an often overlooked aspect of the recovery process those in the field say. The grant will promote integration and coordination between primary... Read More

Washington – Connecticut’s senators, joined by one from New York, are demanding Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen explain why her agency has shut down visitor access to Plum Island, a spit of land in the Long Island Sound that for years has been shrouded in mystery. Plum Island has been off limits to the general public... Read More

The Connecticut congressional delegation is pushing for various amendments aimed at providing financial assistance to homeowners with crumbling foundations, determining the overall financial impact, and creating a map to determine where to find pyrrhotite, the mineral causing foundations to fail. On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, who is... Read More

Connecticut's senators want a long-term solution to a housing dilemma that involves people who fled from last year's hurricane in Puerto Rico. A federal court recently ordered an extension for the government's Transitional Shelter Assistance program to Aug. 7. It was to end on July 24 after previously being extended from July 3. However, Sens.... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, said in a news release Friday that the committee on Thursday approved $5 million he requested for the National Coast Guard Museum planned in downtown New London. The money, which ultimately must be approved by the full Congress, can be... Read More

For Weruche Uzoka George, a Nigerian immigrant, Thursday marked five years since she had been granted citizenship in the United States. She chose to celebrate the day alongside Sen. Chris Murphy, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont at a rally in Hartford to advocate for immigrant children to be... Read More

HARTFORD, CT — Jonathan Miller, a cystic fibrosis patient who has benefitted from the Affordable Care Act, can’t believe he continues to have to defend it. “I’m tired of defending myself. I’m tired of having to justify my life, my existence,” Miller said. He said the law has literally saved his life in ways that... Read More

IVORYTON, Conn. (WTNH) - An effort to protect Connecticut's rivers and shorelines from climate change will be discussed on Friday afternoon. United States Senator Chris Murphy will discuss new legislation that would create a new grant program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help states and towns... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is advocating for better health insurance options for shellfish farmers and the aquaculture industry.  Murphy sent a letter to the U.S. Agriculture Committee Chairman, calling for access to more insurance options. The letter is also signed by Senators Kirsten Gillebrand from New York, Ben... Read More

It was standing room only at the Veterans' Coffeehouse in Danielson, on May 29. Sen. Chris Murphy came to give updates on the status of three issues of particular concern to veterans. He talked about the VA Choice Program aimed at giving veterans access to community providers, rather than VA providers. He spoke about what Washington... Read More

NEWINGTON - U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy was joined by students from New Britain High School in a recent visit to a manufacturing company to host a town hall meeting and learn about career opportunities. Murphy, D-Conn., toured Richards Machine Tool Co. Inc. along with the owners, employees, and students from New Britain High School who are interested... Read More

(WTNH) - Getting an answer to a yes or no question can be a challenge, just ask Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy. During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Murphy had to ask Education Secretary Betsy DeVos the same question six times. "...The question is yes or no. Can a principal call ICE on a student? Is that... Read More

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson told homeowners with a failing foundation that the department is committed to finding a solution to the crisis. “I can’t emphasize enough, this is something that impacts a lot of people, all of us. And the solution really needs to be comprehensive and involve all those... Read More

Washington — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson  has accepted an invitation from Sen. Chris Murphy to come to Connecticut and take a first-hand look at the damage to homes that have crumbling foundations made of  tainted concrete. On Monday, Carson plans to visit the Willington home of Maggie... Read More

NEW HAVEN — Here is something you don’t hear very often: praise for Connecticut and the large return that public investment in one sector of the economy means for Greater New Haven and the state. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., called together representatives of several dozen biotech companies and researchers to bring back stories to... Read More