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  • May 12, 2017
    A Derby man who is undocumented and had been scheduled for deportation to his native Guatemala will be allowed to stay in the United States for two more years. Luis Barrios and his daughter, Jessica, were all smiles shortly after meeting Friday with officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs... Read More
  • May 07, 2017
    Donald Trump’s air strike against the Assad regime didn’t do much to resolve the conflict in Syria — but it did do a great deal to expose the conflict over foreign policy within the Democratic Party. Hours after the attack, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate applauded the president’s decision to... Read More
  • May 04, 2017
    Legislation to revise the Affordable Care Act drew swift condemnation in Connecticut, with critics saying it will raise health care costs and remove protections for older and sicker people. Changes to the legislation that were made to woo conservative Republicans let states elect to decide what services health insurance plans... Read More
  • May 04, 2017
    HARTFORD, CT — The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 Wednesday to overturn an Obama-era rule designed to help states create retirement saving programs. Last year, Connecticut voted to move forward with setting up a public retirement system for all Connecticut residents. It asked every employer with more than five employees to deduct three... Read More
  • May 04, 2017
    DERBY — The tears flowed freely outside Luis Barrios’ Chestnut Drive home late Wednesday afternoon. But they weren’t the expected sorrowful ones coming from his four American-born children and Guatemalan wife as they said goodbye before he was to have left on a 10-year exodus from the U.S. These were tears of happiness and... Read More
  • May 03, 2017
    HARTFORD — An immigrant facing deportation to Guatemala has the support of Connecticut’s two U.S. senators, who are trying to prevent him from being sent back to a country he left 25 years ago amid threats to his family. Luis Barrios, a married father of four U.S.-born children, is scheduled to board a flight from New York to Guatemala... Read More
  • May 01, 2017
    New London — The budget deal reached Sunday night by congressional negotiators includes $5 million for the National Coast Guard Museum planned for downtown New London. Congress still needs to pass the $1 trillion budget bill, which will fund the government through the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. The measure... Read More
  • April 18, 2017
    Sen. Chris Murphy took credit for portions of President Donald Trump’s executive order Tuesday intended to boost federal “Buy American” policies. Murphy, D-Conn., has been an outspoken critic of many of the president’s policies. But he said Trump included some ideas he sent to the White House shortly after the... Read More
  • April 13, 2017
    STAMFORD — As a critical deadline to keep the federal government open approaches, Connecticut’s two U.S. senators told a local crowd of Planned Parenthood supporters Thursday that funding for the organization is in jeopardy. U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Mayor David Martin at the... Read More
  • April 13, 2017
    ANSONIA — Federal funding and tax credits could help turn the city’s brownfields green again. And U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Congress’ passing his and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty’s joint clean-up legislation could make that happen. “It’s not a game changer, but one more small economic benefit to a... Read More
  • April 12, 2017
    United States Senator Chris Murphy visited the Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center on April 11 to unveil his new foreign policy proposal, “Rethinking the Battlefield.” The event was hosted by University of Connecticut Global Affairs and the Thomas J. Dodd Center, and around 200 people- including UConn students,... Read More
  • April 12, 2017
    HARTFORD --  Senator Chris Murphy announced Wednesday a legislation to protect and grow manufacturing jobs here in Connecticut. It's all part of the "American Jobs Matter Act" to get those manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Murphy said the new act would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to take into account U.S. jobs when awarding government... Read More
  • April 10, 2017
    WASHINGTON, DC (WTNH)  –  Democratic Connecticut U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is leading the call for new funding to upgrade the nation’s rail lines including the Northeast Corridor. Murphy and other Senators sent two letters to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development... Read More
  • April 10, 2017
    Growing and keeping manufacturing jobs is a top priority in Connecticut. As part of his strong support of Connecticut’s workers, Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., has a weekly series called “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer,” in which one of Connecticut’s manufacturers is recognized for its outstanding contributions to... Read More
  • April 10, 2017
    Sen. Chris Murphy proposed his own foreign policy strategy Monday that stands in stark contrast to President Donald Trump's foreign affairs budget. While Trump's proposed budget calls for a $54 billion increase in defense spending, and cuts United States Agency for International Development and Department of State funding by almost a... Read More
  • April 07, 2017
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D- Conn.) lambasted President Donald Trump's decision to execute missile strikes on Syrian targets overnight, calling the action "ill-thought out," and warned the attacks were "dragging us further into a civil war in which we cannot tip the scales." United States forces fired 59 Tomahawk Missiles at sites held by... Read More
  • April 07, 2017
    Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want the Trump administration to outline a broader strategy in Syria following the president's decision to authorize U.S. missile strikes Thursday night in response to the apparent chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar Assad. "I think it was appropriate but I would like to say, despite all the enthusiasm we... Read More
  • April 04, 2017
    WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTNH) – US Senators from Connecticut, Senator Richard Blumenthal and Senator Chris Murphy, joined US Senator Bernie Sanders to introduced legislation to make public colleges and universities free for working families in order to reduce student debt. The bill would make four year colleges and... Read More
  • April 04, 2017
    NEW HAVEN, CT — Recent investigations show that the Department of Defense has issued thousands of other-than-honorable (OTH) discharges to veterans, including hundreds in Connecticut, with mental health and behavioral health diagnoses. U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and seven other senators introduced legislation to change... Read More
  • April 03, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to investigate the federal government compliance with laws and regulations that require U.S. agencies to give priority to buying American-made goods over products made in other countries. Murphy, who is the ranking member of U.S. Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch... Read More

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