DANBURY — Danny Hayes knows getting treatment for his combat trauma got his life back on track. Hayes knows the consequences of not getting treatment for combat trauma. “A gentleman I was trying to help ended his life,” Hayes said of a Vietnam combat veteran who had sought trauma treatment but was turned away by the Veterans... Read More about Murphy bill would make veterans with PTSD eligible for VA mental health treatment

WATERBURY – Sen. Christopher S. Murphy on Friday doubled down on his efforts to force the Department of Defense to buy American manufactured goods. It’s an effort Murphy has been championing since he first represented the 5th Congressional District, home to Waterbury and much of Litchfield County, where manufacturing has waned in the... Read More about Senator Murphy pushes legislation to protect American manufacturing

GREENWICH — Advocates and supporters of a healthy Long Island Sound gathered near the beach in Greenwich Thursday to plead for a waterway they fear is at risk under President Donald Trump’s administration. Nearly 50 people, including local politicians from lower Fairfield County and environmental experts, met with U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy... Read More about Murphy visits Greenwich, vows to protect Sound from budget cuts

NEW HAVEN >> Police officers who visit homes with children exposed to traumatic situations such as domestic violence can face an uncomfortable reality. It’s something Police Chief Anthony Campbell spoke about Wednesday during a forum focused on how local providers can assist children who experience trauma and post-traumatic stress... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy convenes forum in New Haven discussing childhood trauma

TOLLAND, CT (WFSB) - Wednesday's proposed budget by the House Democrats has also provided hope to a group of people who are losing their homes one day at a time.   The proposal includes a program to help victims of Connecticut’s crumbling concrete epidemic. On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy... Read More about Senators Murphy and Blumenthal support help for crumbling foundations

NEW HAVEN >> Representatives of Connecticut’s federal delegation say they don’t know where the Trump administration is going to land on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the program protecting undocumented children brought to the U.S., but they gathered in Fair Haven Friday to promise their unwavering support. “We know... Read More about Connecticut delegation promises continued commitment to DREAMers

On tired legs, Sen. Chris Murphy walked up Memorial Drive in Danbury Thursday afternoon to a crowd of about 100 supporters who showed up to see him complete his walk across Connecticut. Beginning Sunday morning in Killingly, Murphy traveled on foot 108 miles through 22 towns, holding four town halls and chatting with anyone he came upon,... Read More about Supporters Meet Murphy In Danbury As He Finishes Walk Across Connecticut

NEWTOWN — There was no shoulder — just inches separating speeding traffic from this drifter with a five o’clock shadow and a blister on his right foot. But this was no vagabond. Not Forrest Gump, either. This was Chris Murphy, chugging along on the side of road in a place where the landmarks are seared into the... Read More about My left foot: Sen. Chris Murphy walks across Connecticut

It was a long way between people for Sen. Chris Murphy in the eastern stretches of the state on Sunday. When he did run into someone on his walk across Connecticut, local issues — school enrollment, farm preservation and of course, property taxes — tended to come up first. But this is no ordinary summer weekend for the nation.... Read More about As Murphy Treks Across The State, Charlottesville Shares The Road With A World Of Issues

The foreign policy that President Trump previewed as a candidate – lots of rhetorical bluster with no actual policy ideas behind it – has metastasized as advertised during the first six months of his administration. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Trump’s approach to the growing nuclear weapons capability of Kim Jong... Read More about How To Be Tough And Sensible On North Korea (At The Same Time!)

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is proposing a bill he says will help families receive more Social Security benefits when a loved one dies. The bill was prompted by a constituent from Murphy’s home town of Cheshire. Ray Squire, a Korean War veteran, called Murphy’s office when he found something strange in Social Security’s... Read More about Murphy Seeks To Strengthen Social Security Survivor Benefits

Members of the state’s congressional delegation asked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to rethink the order requiring Joel Colindres of New Fairfield to leave the country by August 17.  “Unbelievable people out there doing this for us,” Joel Colindres of New Fairfield, said. Senators Richard Blumenthal and... Read More about Congressional Delegation Fights for New Fairfield Father Facing Deportation

HARTFORD — With the dramatic failure in the Senate early Friday to pass legislation to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, Connecticut Democrats expressed hope that after this latest setback Congressional Republicans would heed their calls for a bipartisan health care fix. “People in Connecticut tell... Read More about After Senate Fails On Obamacare Repeal, Connecticut Democrats Call For Bipartisan Fix

WASHINGTON >>   U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy had been preparing for a long night of presenting amendments to the Republican “skinny repeal” of Obamacare, but it didn’t come to that. It was a surprise “no” vote from Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., just before 2 a.m. Friday that killed the legislation, 51-49, and forced... Read More about With ‘skinny repeal’ dead, Dems call for bipartisan effort

WASHINGTON (WFSB) - An effort to help homeowners with crumbling foundations was passed by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal said they wrote the measure, which urges the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish regulations for specific minerals that go into the concrete. The... Read More about Senate committee passes crumbling foundations prevention effort

Hundreds of thousands of people in the state have healthcare because of the Affordable Care Act with those signups occurring through either the marketplace Access Health Connecticut, or through the expansion of Medicaid. More than 104,000 people are covered through plans purchased through the marketplace, and another 208,000 receive care through... Read More about Connecticut Breathes Sigh of Relief Following Health Care Vote

In June, two Connecticut Democrats, U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Sen. Chris Murphy, introduced the Green Bank Act in Congress with the goal of establishing a new federal funding vehicle for clean energy projects. The legislation would create a National Green Bank that finances existing and new “green banks” at the state and local... Read More about Connecticut’s financing model sparks a National Green Bank proposal

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released a statement on Tuesday after Senate Republicans forced a vote to take up their disastrous health care plan. He said their proposals would drive up costs, worsen care and put millions of Americans at risk of going bankrupt, all to pay... Read More about Murphy pledges to continue fighting Trumpcare

Officials admit there is no sure-fire solution to combating the deadly opioid crisis, but U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy sent a batch of comments and suggestions to a recently created presidential commission on the topic. The comments, garnered from discussions last week at a summit in Bridgeport, focus on barriers, needed... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Submit Comments To Federal Opioid Commission

BRIDGEPORT — The nation’s opioid crisis is bad and getting worse — and the same can be said for Connecticut, the state’s chief medical examiner said Monday. In 2016 alone, “more people died from overdoses than died from homicides, suicides, and motor vehicle collisions combined,” said medical examiner James... Read More about Summit highlights opioid epidemic’s deadly toll