Jasmine Sullivan, a 30-year-old single mom, lives in public housing in the Hill. She works part-time or seasonal jobs; she doesn’t have enough adequate free day care for her three young kids. So in the winter she struggles pay a $1,300 to $1,400 seasonal heating bill. She’s experienced threats of shut-off by the utilities and several... Read More about Murphy Vows To Fight To Keep The Heat On

The city of Bridgeport is opening a temporary Disaster Loan Outreach Center following a New Year's Eve fire that displaced more than 120 people. “It was the worst devastating thing I ever went through in my whole life, just awful,” Claire Marchetti said of the fire that took her Charles Street condo. Marchetti has been staying at a... Read More about After New Year's Eve Bridgeport Fire, City Opens Disaster Relief Center

Senator Chris Murphy spoke out on the Senate floor on Thursday against a Republican resolution that would fast-track authorization of military force in the war against ISIS. The resolution was introduced by Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has said he does not want to tie the hands of the next president. This comes as a surprise to... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy Decries Fast-Track Military Authorization Bill

Today, as “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer,” U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded the Connecticut Technical High School System’s (CTHSS) Precision Machining Program for their outstanding efforts to prepare Connecticut students to meet the demands of our state’s 21st Century advanced manufacturing industry. The... Read More about Murphy highlights CT Technical High School System’s precision machining program

U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., applauded on Friday Senate passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Bill, including language that allows federal funding to support displays and exhibits — which would include, for example, structures inside the National Coast Guard Museum planned for downtown New London. That... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy hail passage of Coast Guard Authorization Bill

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy applauded the strength of Connecticut’s manufacturing industry and its growth last year. According to the Hartford Courant and the Connecticut Department of Labor, Connecticut manufacturing has risen for the last eight months, with Connecticut employers reporting close to 162,000 manufacturing jobs in November... Read More about Murphy highlights growth in Connecticut manufacturing

SHELTON, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., toured brownfields along Shelton’s riverfront Friday in an effort to better understand its redevelopment goals and persuade his fellow legislators to put more federal funding behind them. However, with tight federal budgets predicted, Murphy said he’ll probably have to look for... Read More about Murphy Vows To Fight For Brownfield Cleanup In Shelton

The federal education law passed under President Bush in 2001, No Child Left Behind, has been a disaster for Connecticut. As a product of Connecticut’s public schools, and the son and husband of former teachers, I know that No Child Left Behind had good intentions — pushing states to improve failing schools and results for minority and... Read More about Trying to find the “just right” formula on education

Thirteen years ago, things started unraveling for Betsy and her then-15-year-old son, John. He was in and out of the hospital, often for weeks at a time, struggling with schizoaffective disorder. John was hospitalized 15 different times before he was 18. His family was told each and every time that there was nothing they could do for him, nowhere... Read More about U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy: Our broken mental health system hits home

HAMDEN >> This time Congress got it right with its new education act, Sen. Chris Murphy told local superintendents Friday at a forum at the New Haven Lawn Club. Replacing the widely unpopular No Child Left Behind with a new federal Every Student Succeeds Act will allow states to have more control over their schools, Murphy, D-Conn.,... Read More about In Hamden, Murphy outlines new federal education law as ‘big change’

The New Britain police chief, a man who spent more than 16 years in prison for a crime he did not commit and the father of a child killed in the Sandy Hook school shootings will be in the audience at President Obama's State of the Union address. Sen. Chris Murphy is bringing Mark Barden, whose son, Daniel, was among the 20 first-graders killed in... Read More about Esty, Murphy Bringing Gun-Violence Prevention Leaders as Guests at SOTU; Larson Bringing James Tillman

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is hailing the passage of a federal workforce tax credit that will encourage businesses to hire long-term unemployed workers. It provides additional incentives for businesses that employ long-term unemployed workers—workers who are unemployed for a for six months or longer. Congress renewed the Work Opportunity... Read More about Murphy touts renewal of unemployment tax credit

NEWTOWN - Mark Barden, the father of a first-grader who was slain in the Sandy Hook massacre and the co-founder of a non-profit organization to prevent gun violence, will attend President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday as Sen. Chris Murphy’s guest. “Mark’s resolve and resilience in the face of unthinkable... Read More about Sandy Hook parent Mark Barden attending Obama’s final State of the Union address as Sen. Murphy’s guest

After learning about Connecticut’s organic farming production from local farmers and organic agriculture researchers during a recent meeting at the University of Connecticut, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to prioritize organic research in agriculture research grants. In a letter addressed to USDA... Read More about Murphy urges USDA to prioritize organic research

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, acting state Labor Commissioner Dennis Murphy, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, and Tom Phillips, president and CEO of Capital Workforce Partners celebrated the reauthorization of the long-term unemployed tax credit Wednesday. The tax credit was renewed as part of the tax package Congress approved last month. It provides... Read More about Murphy Touts Reauthorization of Tax Credit for Long-Term Unemployed

NEW HAVEN >> According to U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, it was Congress’ turn to play the role of first responder and answer the call. The senators, both D-Conn., were referring to the extension of programs created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when fire, police and other first responders... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal join New Haven firefighters to laud extension of 9/11 benefits

The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a series of new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence and making some political headway on one of the most frustrating policy areas of President Obama’s tenure. The package, which Obama plans to announce Tuesday, includes 10 separate provisions, White House officials said. One key... Read More about Obama details executive action on gun restrictions

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Just a day after Tweeting out every mass shooting incident in 2015 in the nation , U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and his colleague Richard Blumenthal are welcoming reports that President Barack Obama will expand background checks to address the gun show loophole in purchasing weapons. Murphy and Blumenthal have called on... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Applaud Obama's Pending Action On Gun Loophole

SOUTHINGTON — Yarde Metals, a second-generation, local family-operated metal processor, was recently named “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer” by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. Yarde Metals, which was founded 39 years ago out of the basement of founder Craig Yarde’s Bristol home, today processes aluminum, stainless steel,... Read More about Yarde Metals honored by Sen. Chris Murphy

As pundits and average citizens reflect on the year past during this New Year’s Eve, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is marking grim milestones. The pro-gun control lawmaker is tweeting details of each mass shooting this year in a painful reminder of what feels to be an especially horrific 12 months of violence. There have been almost as many... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy tweets about every US mass shooting in 2015