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  • March 23, 2016 — by Jenn Bernstein
    HARTFORD -- The recent terror attacks in Brussels and November's terror attacks in Paris have put a magnifying glass on Europe. Wednesday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy said there are real concerns about Europe's ability to track down terror cells before they carry out more attacks. "The U.S. is vulnerable to the European's inability to root out these... Read More
  • March 22, 2016 — by Cassandra Basler
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has expressed his sorrow over the terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday morning. The Islamic State, or ISIS, has taken credit for the attacks in Brussels. ISIS also claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris last fall. “This is a moment to express sorrow and grief, but it’s also a moment to have... Read More
  • March 22, 2016 — by Reece Alvarez
    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has announced he will propose new legislation today aimed at providing retirement compensation to unpaid family caregivers. The legislation, the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act, will create a Social Security Caregiver credit for individuals who have had to leave the workforce or reduce their hours to care for a... Read More
  • March 21, 2016 — by Ana Radelat
    Washington –Sen. Chris Murphy says one reason he spent the weekend under Arctic ice aboard the USS Hartford is to become a better advocate for the state’s shipbuilding industry and the Naval Submarine Base, New London. A member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Murphy has joined Rep. Joe Courtney, a fellow Democrat who represents... Read More
  • March 21, 2016 — by Russell Blair
    Back in Washington after an overnight stint on a submarine in the Arctic, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy reaffirmed his commitment to ramped-up production of Virginia class boats, which are designed and built at Electric Boat in Groton. "I can speak with greater first-hand experience now about the importance of keeping a full complement of subs in the... Read More
  • March 21, 2016 — by Julia Bergman
    Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., would like to make a Navy exercise that evaluates operational readiness and furthers scientific research in the Arctic an annual event to send "an important message to the Russians" that the U.S. is serious about the future of the region. The Navy is currently participating in Ice Exercise 2016, a five-week-long exercise... Read More
  • March 18, 2016 — by Bryce Covert
    When Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) went home for the winter holidays, he met with a number of people who sacrificed careers to care for family members. And many of them kept bringing up the same worries.“I heard these heartbreaking stories of people who were fearful of losing everything that they had saved because they had to leave a job in order... Read More
  • March 18, 2016 — by Max Reiss
    Families affected by the Sandy Hook Elementary School Tragedy joined with Sen. Chris Murphy to applaud the progress made on the 2016 Mental Health Reform Act in Congress. A key committee approved the measure with bipartisan unanimous support this week. The bill now goes to the full US Senate for consideration. “This might be our one... Read More
  • March 18, 2016 — by Daniela Altimari
    HARTFORD — Mark Barden sometimes lies in bed at night thinking of all the ways the gunman who killed 26 people, including his 7-year-old son Daniel, at Sandy Hook Elementary School could have been stopped. Perhaps a police officer could have pulled over Adam Lanza before he entered the school on that December day in 2012, Barden said. Or... Read More
  • March 17, 2016 — by Katie Toth
    On Wednesday the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions passed a bipartisan bill to make it easier for Americans with mental illness and substance use disorders to get health care. The legislation was introduced in August last year by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). It’s called the... Read More
  • March 17, 2016 — by Rob Ryser
    NEWTOWN - Federal legislation to fix the nation’s broken mental health system, now advancing to a Senate vote, was welcomed Thursday as an encouraging sign by parents of Sandy Hook massacre victims. “Research is really the key right now, because what we need to do is help doctors give more tools to patients so they can get the care they... Read More
  • March 16, 2016 — by Daniela Altimari
    nnecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are calling on Senate Republican leaders to schedule a vote on President Obama's Supreme Court pick. "The president fulfilled his constitutional obligation today, now the Senate must fulfill ours,'' Murphy said. "When each one of us took the oath of office, we swore to support and defend the... Read More
  • March 16, 2016 — by Dan Freedman
    Bipartisan mental health legislation by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is shaping up as one of the few measures that may pass the Senate in an election year in which Congress continues to be bitterly divided. Murphy’s Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 won the blessing of Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar... Read More
  • March 15, 2016 — by Barbara Heins
    GLASTONBURY, CT – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced that Habco Industries LLC of Glastonbury is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1970, Habco is a manufacturer of ground support equipment and tooling for the aerospace, power generation and transportation industries. With 53 employees,... Read More
  • March 15, 2016 — by Jack Kramer
    Ask retired Air Force engineer Gary Pozzato what medical marijuana has meant to him, and he pulls no punches. “I would probably be blind by now without it,” the Vernon resident said. “I’ve had glaucoma for 15 years and before pot I had nothing to treat it. I actually think my eyesight has improved since I’ve been on... Read More
  • March 15, 2016
    As Connecticut and the nation continue to be ravaged by the growing opioid and heroin addiction epidemic, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., urged the Department of Health and Human Services to take all necessary steps to ensure that those seeking treatment for addiction have greater access to medication-assisted treatment, such as a... Read More
  • March 14, 2016 — by Susan Raff
    SOUTH WINDSOR, CT (WFSB/AP) - Sen. Chris Murphy visited a medical marijuana business and met with patients who use the drug on Monday morning. Connecticut is one of 23 states that allow medical marijuana, and Murphy heard from people at Prime Wellness in South Windsor, who said its made a big difference for them. "This product at this... Read More
  • March 11, 2016
    The country’s top housing official promised that, in the wake of the disaster at New Haven’s Church Street South complex, the government will help families there find new homes and do a better job protecting families from health hazards in general. U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Julián Castro made that... Read More
  • March 10, 2016 — by Editorial
    Sen. Chris Murphy is right to want to protect American businesses and jobs from being undercut by cheaper foreign goods. That — and reaping political benefit, no doubt — is why he's long hewed to a "Buy American" agenda. Though he's been criticized, a little protectionism isn't so bad if it keeps workers at home employed. Mr. Murphy... Read More
  • March 10, 2016 — by Neil Vigdor
    Who says the U.S. Senate is a stuffy place? Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, the third-youngest member in the upper chamber, hosted a group of visiting eighth graders at the U.S. Capitol Thursday from Greens Farms Academy in Westport. The annual trip to Washington, D.C., is the culmination of a year-long government class taught by history teacher... Read More

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