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 about Murphy, Courtney: Trump cuts to job training grants could hurt EB

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 about Farmington Institution is 'Murphy's Innovator Of The Month' Winner

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 about Sen. Murphy vows to fight Trump’s proposed budget

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 about Murphy Calls On Republicans To ‘Abandon Trainwreck’ Health Care Bill

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 about Senator Murphy speaks out against “Trumpcare”

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 about Senators Propose Fee On Opioids To Help Fund Treatment

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 about Do Liberals Have an Answer to Trump on Foreign Policy?

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 about CT Dems say CBO report shows GOP health plan should be scrapped

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 about Murphy: The GOP health plan is a ‘dumpster fire’

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 about Blumenthal and Murphy move to protect Coast Guard

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 about Murphy hopes to re-ignite interest in HALOS

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 about Connecticut’s U.S. Sen. Murphy co-sponsors resolution on women’s achievements

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 about Sen. Chris Murphy introduces bill blocking Trump’s revised travel ban

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 about CT lawmakers reject Trump’s new travel ban

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 about Senators blast Trump over infrastructure

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 about Sen. Murphy gathers ideas for New London port at roundtable

From a stage lined with posters calling on students to “march,” “write a letter to President Trump” or “sign a petition,” Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., called on students to become politically engaged and reject an intolerant or exclusive view of their country, regardless of their political... Read More about Sen. Murphy holds town hall at Ludlowe

It was West Hartford for Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) the other night, the West Hartford Town Hall, a couple of thousand people there to talk with him about their state and their country. This wasn’t one of the "so-called angry crowds" about which the President of the United States tweeted the other day, the kind he says are showing up in some... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy is doing something many Democrats have forgotten how to do — listen

Town residents had a chance to join in a brainstorming session about transportation and infrastructure Thursday with U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy. Nearly 75 people were on hand for Murphy’s “community conversation” at Town Hall as part of a joint program of Murphy’s office and town officials. The format was informal, with... Read More about Murphy talks $1T infrastructure bill at Greenwich roundtable

Concern about unregulated “sober homes” has reached Washington, D.C., where lawmakers want a federal review of the drug recovery homes. The move comes after two young adults from Danbury and Ridgefield died of heroin overdoses in sober homes earlier this year. “There have been several recent overdoses that have occurred in... Read More about After overdose deaths, Chris Murphy wants federal review of sober homes