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  • October 23, 2017
    Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is traveling to Ukraine and Estonia to host meetings on the war in Ukraine, Russian aggression and other issues.Murphy’s staff says his meetings in Ukraine will focus on the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine and the U.S.’s continued military and economic assistance.In Estonia, his meetings will focus on... Read More
  • October 16, 2017
    NEWTOWN, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy visited Wind Hardware in Newtown on Friday. The Democratic junior senator toured the facility and talked with employees about "making sure we have fair trade policies," according to a Tweet at @ChrisMurphyCT. Murphy had worked with Newtown-based engineering company Wind Hardware to combat trade fraud... Read More
  • October 14, 2017
    Connecticut's’s congressional delegation on Friday urged Hartford HealthCare and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to resolve their contract dispute, which has dragged on nearly two weeks. Hartford HealthCare and Anthem failed to reach agreement on a three-year contract by the Sept. 30 deadline. As a result, tens of thousands of... Read More
  • October 13, 2017
    Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy who is a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee released a statement on Friday after President Trump announced he wants to end cost sharing payments for health insurance. Murphy says it will drive up costs for healthcare. He released a statement on the... Read More
  • October 11, 2017
    On Monday evening, Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, sent out an alarming series of tweets. “It's time to take Trump seriously as he keeps hinting, over and over, that he wants to go to war with North Korea,” Murphy tweeted. He went on to argue that the media’s... Read More
  • October 11, 2017
    In the escalating war of words between Sen. Bob Corker and President Donald Trump, Chris Murphy is siding with the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he also serves on. Corker, in a New York Times interview, said Trump’s threats toward other countries, like North Korea, could set the... Read More
  • October 08, 2017
    In the hours after the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, when a man alone in a hotel suite sprayed gunfire on 22,000 concertgoers 32 floors below, leaving 58 dead and injuring almost 500, Senator Chris Murphy rose once again to demand lawmakers do more to prevent these tragedies. It’s a grim exercise that... Read More
  • October 06, 2017
    Linda McMahon made her first trip to Connecticut as head of the Small Business Administration Friday, including a bipartisan visit to a kitchen cabinet manufacturer with the two men who defeated her in consecutive contests for the U.S. Senate. McMahon toured Express Kitchens’ newly renovated headquarters on Weston Street... Read More
  • October 04, 2017
    Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Richard Blumenthal, both D-Conn., are urging congressional negotiators to keep intact increased funding for submarine production and design. The House and Senate both have passed versions of an annual defense policy bill that sets funding limits for the Pentagon. Those versions will now have to be merged, with any... Read More
  • October 04, 2017
    Connecticut’s congressional delegation came up with a few hard-fought wins Wednesday when a Senate committee reauthorized the stalled Children’s Health Insurance Program and Republican House leaders backed away from revoking deductions for state and local taxes. “The jury is still out, but I’m cautiously optimistic this... Read More
  • October 02, 2017
    Democratic lawmakers called for swift congressional action in response to the Las Vegas shooting that left at least 59 dead — the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history — with Sen. Chris Murphy saying it is “time for Congress to get off its ass and do something” on gun control. Murphy, who led a filibuster on the... Read More
  • September 29, 2017
    Connecticut senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are demanding an increased federal response to deal with the crisis in Puerto Rico. They said not enough is happening to help the island reeling from Hurricane Maria and the damage it left behind. They are calling this a crisis they have failed to address. “Texas and Florida got 3 times... Read More
  • September 28, 2017
    Software company Checkmate is “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month” for August, announced U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on Friday. Checkmate was founded in 2015 by Quinnipiac University alumni. The company designs and builds custom software for innovative startups in the medical, travel, financial services, virtual reality,... Read More
  • September 28, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, called on Senate leaders on Monday to immediately work with Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Roselló to formulate and pass an emergency bill to rebuild Puerto Rico and restore stability to the island in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The hurricanes... Read More
  • September 15, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., doesn’t give up easily, particularly when it comes to changing federal rules regarding the government buying products from American companies. Murphy has been seeking to close loopholes in “Buy American” laws since 2009, when he was U.S. representative for Connecticut’s congressional 5th... Read More
  • September 11, 2017
    U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are teaming with five of their Democratic colleagues in reintroducing the Students Before Profits Act, a bill designed to protect students who attended for-profit colleges from predatory lending and deceptive marketing practices. Currently, for-profit colleges enroll 10 percent of all postsecondary... Read More
  • September 08, 2017
    With the Republican health care bill apparently dead, congressional Democrats are brainstorming their own ideas for how to transform the health insurance system in case they take back power. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has captivated the base with a cry for Medicare-for-all, but other Senate Democrats worry his proposal — which envisions a... Read More
  • September 07, 2017
    Sen. Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement on Sept. 7 after the Appropriations Committee restored $400 million in funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) – the only federal community service and work-based job training program for low-income or unemployed older... Read More
  • September 01, 2017
    As one of the youngest members of the U.S. Senate, Chris Murphy’s message resonated with a group of students, faculty and administrators at a roundtable discussion Friday on the cost of college at Southern Connecticut State University. “I might be the only member of the Senate that is still paying back student loans,” Murphy, who... Read More
  • August 29, 2017
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement following Chief Medical Examiner Dr. James Gill’s announcement that there have been 539 accidental drug overdose deaths in Connecticut over the first half of the year. The figures include 322... Read More

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