Protesters broke into the United States Embassy in Baghdad and lit fires inside the compound on Tuesday, while thousands of people chanted “Death to America” outside. President Donald Trump said the attack was orchestrated by Iran Tuesday and insisted the country would be held “fully responsible.” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy,... Read More about U.S. embassy attack ‘horrifying but predictable,’ Murphy says

NEWTOWN - Connecticut’s top lawmakers have called for stronger standards for gun locks and firearm safes to keep weapons out children’s hands. U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Democrats, introduced a bill calling on the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission to announce standards for gun locks and safes after a... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy call for stronger gun locks

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut plans to convene a bipartisan working group this week to consider the rights of student athletes.   He released on Monday his third and final report about the challenges facing NCAA athletes. Murphy says it’s a civil rights issue. “These are largely young African American... Read More about Murphy Report Criticizes NCAA As ‘Broken System’ Exploiting College Athletes

WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators taking an interest in the compensation and other benefits provided to college athletes met with NCAA President Mark Emmert on Capitol Hill Tuesday and said afterward they would like to hear from athletes and are interested in taking a federal legislative approach that may address issues beyond athletes’... Read More about Two U.S. senators appear to be taking aim at NCAA even beyond image, likeness controversy

HARTFORD, CT — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced Monday that Sign Pro, Inc. of Southington is this week's "Murphy's Monday Manufacturer."  Founded in 1990, Sign Pro, Inc. is a turnkey manufacturer, systems integrator, designer and installer of interior and exterior signage, custom structures, and marketing materials. The company... Read More about Senator Honors Southington's Sign Pro

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued a report Monday morning that calls for the NCAA to make dramatic changes in how it handles athletes’ health care, including demands that schools pay for “complete coverage” of costs related to current athletes’ participation in sports and unspecified “restitution” to former... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy calls for NCAA to improve athletes’ health care; meeting with Emmert set

Chris Murphy came to New Haven’s newest co-working space with a cause he believes can unite Democrats with Republicans in Washington, and tech execs with fast-food workers in the trenches. The cause: Banning non-compete clauses. Not just for top executives. Not just for burger-flippers. For just about everyone in America. Murphy, a Democratic... Read More about Murphy Pitches Non-Compete Ban

Sen. Chris Murphy continued to hit the college sports establishment Monday, accusing the NCAA and its member schools of devoting insufficient attention to student-athlete health. “It is astounding that the NCAA has not taken firmer steps to make sure that all of its members put the health of its athletes first,” Murphy said at a press... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy says NCAA treats athletes ‘like commodities,’ offers fixes for college sports system

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy ripped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday, saying it’s shocking that McConnell intends to be coordinating the upcoming impeachment trial with President Donald Trump’s lawyers. “I think it’s stunning that Mitch McConnell is openly advertising he’s coordinating with the White House... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy accuses Mitch McConnell of trying to ‘rig’ Senate impeachment trial in Trump’s favor

HARTFORD — Sen. Chris Murphy on Monday released his third critical report on college athletics, focusing on what he considers the failure to protect student athletes from devastating and sometimes fatal injuries. “Across college sports, too many athletes leave their collegiate careers broken,” said Murphy’s... Read More about Murphy: Injuries breaking college athletes’ careers, bodies

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and John Larson (CT-01) on Monday announced that funding they have supported to provide federal resources to conduct research on Connecticut's crumbling foundations crisis has been included in the final, conferenced version of the... Read More about Delegation Announces Federal Crumbling Foundation Research Funds

With a continued push for tighter gun regulations, recent updates in a lawsuit against a Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist, Sandy Hook Promise trainings on gun violence prevention and, of course, the grief experienced by those who lost loved ones seven years ago, Connecticut continues to remember and revisit the Sandy Hook... Read More about Sen. Murphy on remembering Sandy Hook

During the brutal 15-year civil war in Lebanon, Marie Noujaim had family members repeatedly shot at and caught in bombings. It wasn’t until 1987, as the war ramped up to its bloody climax, that Noujaim fled to Waterbury with her two children. The city was a haven where they could safely take root with family and a strong Lebanese... Read More about Sen. Murphy to meet with Waterbury’s Lebanese community

Anxieties about accelerating climate change are less global and more local as U.S. senators from New England press the region’s electric grid operator to more aggressively promote carbon-free energy. As states increasingly look to reduce greenhouse gas — Connecticut announced Thursday its biggest wind power project yet — eight... Read More about As climate change accelerates, U.S. senators pressure New England’s grid operator to do more to quit carbon-based fuel

STAMFORD — Rising healthcare costs and the greater prevalence of high-deductible plans are leading to growing medical bill debt, and U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., wants to talk about it. Or rather, he wants to listen to his constituents talk about it. On Friday afternoon, Murphy stopped by the Community Health Center of Stamford for the... Read More about Sen. Murphy wants to tackle medical debt — starting by talking to Stamford residents

In recent months, California has passed a landmark law expanding college athletes’ rights and the NCAA has indicated it could consider relaxing rules that prohibit athletes from benefiting from the use of their names, images and likenesses. As the various stakeholders rethink the long-standing collegiate amateurism model, a group of U.S.... Read More about U.S. senators not waiting for NCAA, form group to explore athlete compensation

Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy held a news conference in Washington Thursday pushing for an end gun violence. The senators and Reps. Jahana Hayes and Rosa DeLauro joined multiple organizations to advocate against gun violence this week. The Connecticut lawmakers also attended a national vigil for victims of... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy campaign in Washington to end gun violence

WASHINGTON — In the span of three months, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy made two trips to foreign countries where U.S. military aid was being withheld without explanation by the Trump administration and both times, within a week of his return, the assistance was released. The first trip was to Ukraine, the nation now starring in the impeachment... Read More about Murphy’s Lebanon trip mirrors high-profile Ukraine visit

Washington – Every member of Connecticut’s congressional delegation has asked the Trump administration to abandon a new rule they say would cut or eliminate benefits for as many as 45% of the state’s food stamp recipients. “This proposed rule dramatically undermines Connecticut’s ability to assist families in need... Read More about CT lawmakers slam Trump administration’s food stamp cuts

The White House last week quietly released $105 million in military aid to Lebanon that had languished for months despite approval from the U.S. Congress, the Department of Defense, and the State Department, leading some lawmakers to compare it to the frozen Ukraine aid at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. So far,... Read More about ‘We Are Telegraphing Abandonment’