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  • February 05, 2018 — by Kathy Brown
    Senator Chris Murphy held a roundtable discussion at the Firehouse in Haddam on Friday afternoon, February 2, 2018 “to hear directly from local stakeholders on the frontlines of [the opioid] epidemic how he can be helpful at the federal level.” Local selectmen were included, as well as State Representative Bob Siegrist of Haddam, local... Read More
  • February 04, 2018
    As part of his ongoing effort to drive biotech growth in New Haven county, on Feb. 2 U.S. Senator Chris Murphy took a meeting with the team of Ancera, Inc., a paradigm-shifting start-up in Branford's growing biotech community. In 2016, Ancera launched PIPER™, a high-tech, desktop box that's a gamechanger in the race to rapidly identify... Read More
  • February 02, 2018 — by Malcolm Tang
    Following Senate Republicans’ unsuccessful push to ban abortion after 20 weeks, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. hosted a roundtable discussion in the Elm City on Thursday to hear from medical providers and local residents. About 50 people attended the event, which was held at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and focused on issues... Read More
  • February 02, 2018 — by Kristina Tedeschi Wayne
    Finding a skilled workforce, searching out available industrial space and securing U.S. Department of Defense job contracts are among the top challenges facing the region’s manufacturing industry, according to a roundtable-style discussion Friday afternoon between U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., local manufacturers and agency and local... Read More
  • February 02, 2018 — by Malcolm Tang
    Following Senate Republicans’ unsuccessful push to ban abortion after 20 weeks, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. hosted a roundtable discussion in the Elm City on Thursday to hear from medical providers and local residents. About 50 people attended the event, which was held at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and focused on issues... Read More
  • January 26, 2018 — by Ana Radelat
    President Donald Trump’s latest immigration proposal, which would give thousands of young undocumented immigrants in the state an eventual path to citizenship, landed with a thud among congressional Democrats, including those from Connecticut. “President Trump’s so-called immigration framework is a total non-starter,” said... Read More
  • January 25, 2018
    When Caroline Johnson’s cellphone showed a call from Washington, D.C., she first worried that it might be Arlington National Cemetery officials with a complication about her husband’s burial. After all, it had taken a lengthy campaign to have Scott Johnson, a popular city firefighter and Coast Guard veteran, laid to rest at Arlington in... Read More
  • January 24, 2018
    WASHINGTON -- Senator Chris Murphy has announced that Caroline Johnson, of New Britain, will accompany him at Tuesday's State of the Union Address at the Capitol. Johnson is the wife of Scott Johnson, a former Coast Guard officer and New Britain firefighter who died in August from colorectal cancer at age 43. Since her... Read More
  • January 24, 2018 — by Jim Altman
    Senator Chris Murphy has announced that Caroline Johnson, of New Britain, will accompany him at Tuesday's State of the Union Address at the Capitol. Johnson is the wife of Scott Johnson, a former Coast Guard officer and New Britain firefighter who died in August from colorectal cancer at age 43. Since her husband's death, Caroline, who has three... Read More
  • January 23, 2018
    Voices of reason are pushing back against the Federal Communications Commission decision last month to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules. There is enough bipartisan support in Congress for net neutrality that a bill to reverse the FCC decision is a possibility. Failing that, look for it to become an issue in the 2018 campaign. Even if a... Read More
  • January 18, 2018
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy on Wednesday said he fears the Trump administration may take “a giant step backwards” when it comes to addressing school discipline policies that fall heaviest on minorities and disabled students. In a keynote address at the Center for American Progress, Murphy said that he is concerned... Read More
  • January 17, 2018
    Whether his initiative on steering more U.S. defense spending to American companies succeeds — and we hope it does — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., has already made some headway on improving the situation in Washington. Last week, the junior senator proposed legislation that would strengthen American companies, many of which are in... Read More
  • January 15, 2018
    U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy Connecticut joined their New England colleagues in backing a bill that would ban offshore drilling along the New England coast. The New England Coastal Protection Act, which was introduced by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, came in response to an action... Read More
  • January 14, 2018
    Editor’s note: These are excerpts from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s address to Congress Thursday. Colleagues, I wanted to come to the floor this afternoon to just talk very briefly about the real world impacts of the decisions we’re going to make in the next week or so regarding the future of the budget. And I really implore my... Read More
  • January 12, 2018
    Describing the recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as hurtful “in a big way,” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said that home values in Connecticut, if not the entire country, will likely drop, while vowing to continue fighting to amend or overturn the law. Murphy’s comments came during a Jan. 5 address at the offices of Berkshire... Read More
  • January 12, 2018
    Leaders in the state’s immigrant community said President Donald Trump was being ignorant and racist when he talked at a White House meeting this week about limiting immigration from “shithole” nations, including Haiti, El Salvador and African countries. “He’s never been to any of these countries... Read More
  • January 09, 2018
    With key Republican support, Sen. Chris Murphy on Tuesday unveiled pet legislation of his intended to boost the purchase of U.S.-made goods by federal agencies. Connecticut’s junior Democratic senator brought aboard Republican Sens. Rob Portmanof Ohio and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Murphy called the two... Read More
  • January 09, 2018
    WASHINGTON — Sen. Chris Murphy is rolling out his measure to thwart foreign competition for military contracts and thereby help U.S. subcontractors in Connecticut and elsewhere compete for Pentagon business. Murphy promised to introduce his BuyAmerican.gov Act last August, but hit a roadblock of practical politics on Capitol Hill: With... Read More
  • January 09, 2018
    Washington – In an unusual alliance with the Trump White House and GOP senate colleagues, Sen. Chris Murphy on Tuesday introduced a “Buy American” bill aimed at helping small American companies, including many in Connecticut, get their fair share of federal government business. Murphy has pressed his “Buy... Read More
  • January 05, 2018
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., launched his second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Essay Contest this week. He encourages students from all grade levels in Connecticut to submit essays that reflect on King’s dream and what he would think about it today, as well as their own aspirations and how they relate to King’s work. Essays... Read More

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