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  • January 17, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy visited Griswold on Jan. 9 to discuss the impact of a new $1 billion federal funding bill for mental health and addiction on eastern Connecticut. A packed house of local town officials, law enforcement, community leaders, and medical professionals gathered to discuss the region's response to the spike in opioid... Read More
  • January 14, 2017
    HARTFORD (AP) — Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are holding a rally to save the Affordable Care Act. Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are scheduled to join Democratic Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney and Elizabeth Esty on Sunday on the steps of the Connecticut state Capitol in Hartford. The rally is... Read More
  • January 12, 2017
    Connecticut's two Democratic senators voted against efforts to repeal the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act Wednesday night. Legislation approved in the Senate that would begin the process of an appeal to take away health care coverage for millions of citizens was condemned by U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal (both... Read More
  • January 12, 2017
    Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the committee, challenged Tillerson over his relationship with Russia. During the hearing, the former Exxon Mobil CEO was asked about his company’s lobbying activities against... Read More
  • January 10, 2017
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy used the example of a Guilford resident Monday evening when he and other Democrats held the Senate floor in Washington to protest the plan by President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-held House of Representatives and Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Murphy, who used the same filibuster action last year,... Read More
  • January 09, 2017
    “I’m going to fight like hell and will do everything in my power to stand up for you and your families,” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told a room full of young people in Fair Haven who fear an incoming president may kick them out of the country. “You are American and you are a part of the fabric of this country.” Murphy made... Read More
  • January 09, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is challenging Connecticut students to interpret what Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream means to them. “Dr. King taught us that full equality doesn’t come without a fight,” Murphy said in a prepared statement. “I launched the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Essay Challenge this year... Read More
  • January 09, 2017 — by Rebecca Bainer
    WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTNH)- Senator Chris Murphy announcing success in getting millions of dollars in federal benefits back to Connecticut residents. The democratic U.S. Senator released a Casework Recap today, from the accomplishments during the 114th Congress. The announcement shows Murphy’s office recovered $4.9 million for about 4,000 people... Read More
  • January 05, 2017
    The presidential election has come and gone but U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., hasn't given up on his fight to get Donald Trump to relase his tax returns. Murphy and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., reintroduced the Presidential Tax Transparency Act this week, which would require sitting presidents and presidential... Read More
  • January 02, 2017 — by Senator Chris Murphy
    WASHINGTON — The carnage of the Syrian government’s assault on Aleppo, enabled by Russia and Iran, was unbearable to watch. Just as unbearable was the realization that the United States could not save the Syrian people from this horror. That’s hard to admit, and harder for those in the middle of this humanitarian nightmare to... Read More
  • December 31, 2016
    FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal (both D-Conn.) are praising the sanctions authorized by President Barack Obama in response to Russia's attempts to interfere with the U.S. presidential election. "All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions," Obama said in a statement.... Read More
  • December 29, 2016
    Connecticut's U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is sounding the alarm about the future of healthcare under the new Republican congress and the Trump administration. "Right now it looks as if in early January, Republicans are going to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and replace it with absolutely nothing," he told a Wednesday press conference. "For the... Read More
  • December 29, 2016
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy will head to Waterbury on Thursday in an effort to help the homeless escape from the cold. As the cold weather begins to settle in Connecticut, Senator Chris Murphy is reaching out to the homeless. He will be at the CHD Hospitality Center in Waterbury to speak with homeless individuals first hand. The hospitality center... Read More
  • December 28, 2016
    Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy today slammed Republican plans to quickly vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Democratic lawmaker says if the Republicans repeal Obamacare without putting something else in place first, insurers will leave the healthcare exchanges, and millions of people will lose health insurance. “Everyone’s... Read More
  • December 28, 2016
    The growth in political clout of Connecticut’s Latino community is not keeping up with its population growth, so U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and members of the Hispanic Democratic Caucus in the Connecticut legislature are trying to do something about it. They established the Latino Leadership Academy last summer to introduce promising Hispanic... Read More
  • December 23, 2016
     U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy brought his victory tour to town this week, celebrating the passing of a bill he helped author that could substantially improve mental health care and substance abuse treatment in the country. On Wednesday, Murphy stopped at St. Vincent’s Behavioral Health Services in Westport to explain... Read More
  • December 21, 2016
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — As Republicans threaten to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senator Chris Murphy stopped in New Haven Wednesday to talk with people about the law. He heard from people who have benefitted from it. Isabelle Endicott’s 2-year-old son was born with a heart condition. A 3 week stay in the ICU cost almost half a... Read More
  • December 19, 2016
    Sofia Yanza and Tony Torres, both sophomores at High School in the Community, have met students who have made mistakes. But both are volunteers with the citywide Youth Court, which encourages student volunteers to come up with productive, non-punitive punishments for peers who have admitted to misdemeanor offenses. “I think everyone’s... Read More
  • December 14, 2016
    The US plans to halt some arms sales to Saudi Arabia because of the high civilian death toll in the kingdom’s Yemen bombing campaign.  Quoting a US official, Reuters first reported that "systemic, endemic" problems in Saudi Arabia's targeting drove the US decision, which officials acknowledged Tuesday, to halt a future... Read More
  • December 14, 2016
    Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, when 26 children and educators were killed. In honor of the anniversary, several prominent people released their thoughts and memories of the day. President Obama, who has previously said it was one of the worst days of his... Read More

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