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  • April 03, 2017
    NEW HAVEN >> U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., simplified the issue. “The veterans that need the greatest level of care are getting the least. The veterans who need the most care are getting none,” Murphy said in a press conference at City Hall on the Honor Our Commitment Act he just introduced in Congress. Murphy, former veterans... Read More
  • April 03, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and 22 other U.S. Senators are calling on President Trump not to eliminate $73 million federal Sea Grant funding for university research into coastal environmental and climate issues. Connecticut stands to lose $1.16 million in funding for the University of Connecticut’s Sea Grant... Read More
  • March 27, 2017
    Attention is on President Trump’s failed health care plan and possible ties to Russia. But U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., says the Trump administration is quietly sending hundreds of new troops to Syria. Murphy took issue with the troop increase in an op-ed for the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant. Troops are going behind... Read More
  • March 23, 2017
    Members of Connecticut’s and New York’s congressional delegations are joining forces in an effort to protect Long Island Sound environmental funding from $65 million a year in proposed Trump Administration budget cuts. “This legislation is essential to future restoration efforts, especially in light of the Trump... Read More
  • March 22, 2017
     President Donald Trump’s budget calls for cutting manufacturing training money that has helped provide hard-to-find skilled workers for Electric Boat and its suppliers, even as the president wants to ramp up building submarines. “This is exactly the wrong direction we should be going,” said Rep. Joe Courtney,... Read More
  • March 17, 2017
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) of Farmington is this month’s “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” JAX is a nonprofit biomedical research institution dedicated to discovering the precise genomic causes of and cures for devastating human diseases. Headquartered in Maine,... Read More
  • March 16, 2017
    U.S. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has vowed to fight against several of the cuts listed in President Donald Trump’s outline for his Fiscal Year 2018 budget. “President Trump’s budget is an utter disaster for Connecticut,” said Murphy. “The good news is... Read More
  • March 16, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy Thursday called on President Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans to “abandon the trainwreck of their health care bill” and instead work with Democrats to fix flaws in the Affordable Care Act. “Let’s work together to keep what’s working in the Affordable Care Act and fix... Read More
  • March 16, 2017
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is speaking out against the Republican health care bill Thursday. Murphy went through a power point presentation to lay out the facts about “Trumpcare.” The president and many Republicans are arguing that the GOP healthcare plan will be better than “Obamacare.” But Murphy says it would mean... Read More
  • March 16, 2017
    With money tight and the opioid epidemic continuing, Connecticut's two U.S. senators are proposing a new way to create as much as $1 billion for addiction treatment. Under the proposal announced early this month, a fee of 1 cent per milligram of active opioid would be added to prescriptions. The money, Senators Chris Murphy and Richard... Read More
  • March 15, 2017
    Chris Murphy sensed well before most people that the 2016 election would largely revolve around U.S. foreign policy. Not foreign policy in the narrow, traditional sense—as in, which candidate had the better plan to deal with Russia or defeat ISIS. Rather, foreign policy in its most primal sense—as in, how America should interact with... Read More
  • March 13, 2017
    As soon as the Congressional Budget Office released its long-awaited report Monday afternoon on the impact of the GOP’s American Health Care Act, Connecticut Democrats joined party colleagues in saying the analysis proved the health plan should be scrapped. The CBO estimated the American Health Care Act would result in 24 million... Read More
  • March 12, 2017
    It’s surprising Chris Murphy is only in his first term in the U.S. Senate because for a freshman he’s had a an amazing amount of visibility on a number of hot-button issues ranging from gun control to diplomatic flash points. Murphy volunteered to be a key Senate defender of the Affordable Care Act and has given dozens of speeches... Read More
  • March 12, 2017
    U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Connecticut Democrats, last week joined a bipartisan group of 23 senators in demanding that a proposed $1.3 billion cut to the U.S. Coast Guard be rejected. According to reports, the 2018 Presidential Budget Request now being prepared will suggest a wholesale... Read More
  • March 09, 2017
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is hoping the third time is the charm for a piece of legislation he is re-introducing to help attract more investors for start-up companies. Murphy will re-introduce his HALOS legislation in the U.S. Senate today. The acronym stands for Helping Angels Lead Our Startups and refers to so-called “angel”... Read More
  • March 08, 2017
    Senator Chris Murphy is leading the charge against President Trump‘s newly revised travel ban. Murphy has introduced a bill that would block President Trump’s executive order that bans immigration from six mostly Muslim countries. The President’s revised travel ban blocks citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,... Read More
  • March 08, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is co-sponsoring a resolution commemorating the achievements of women around the world in recognition of International Women’s Day. U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine are leading a coalitionf or the resolution. Shaheen, a Democrat, said Wednesday that women and girls make up... Read More
  • March 06, 2017
    Connecticut’s federal lawmakers – all Democrats – unanimously rejected President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, which his administration hopes will survive any challenge in court. The new executive order, signed by the president Monday, targets travelers from six majority-Muslim countries and no longer restricts travel... Read More
  • March 03, 2017
    Connecticut’s U.S. senators on Friday charged that while President Donald Trump has been making big promises about infrastructure improvements, there is little evidence of a plan emerging from the White House. In fact, Trump’s promises to “buy American” are already falling by the wayside, with the recent revelation... Read More
  • March 03, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy hosted a group of local stakeholders on Friday, welcoming ideas for just how a major investment in the country’s infrastructure might benefit the Port of New London. Murphy and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joined Senate Democrats last month to unveil a $1 trillion transportation infrastructure investment plan to rebuild... Read More

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