U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy Monday launched a new online survey to hear directly from Metro-North passengers about their experiences along the Waterbury branch line. Murphy also hopped on the train to ride from Waterbury to Bridgeport to hear from riders about ways service can improve. Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti and Derby Mayor Anita Dugatto rode the... Read More about Murphy Rides Train, Asks Riders For Input

BRIDGEPORT — Saying that the Metro-North Waterbury branch is proof that "if you build it, riders will come," U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said Monday that he'll push for more mass transit money in the next Senate transportation funding bill. States in the traffic-choked Northeast need to improve and expand mass transit to develop their economies,... Read More about Murphy, Naugatuck Valley Officials Push For More Waterbury Branch Funding

Sept. 21 (BNA) -- The pending Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) shouldn't weaken Buy American government procurement laws with respect to the defense sector, a group of Senate Democrats told U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman in a Sept. 21 letter. Froman is slated to meet with European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem... Read More about Democrats Say TTIP Shouldn't Weaken Buy American Laws

Community health centers throughout the state will receive more than $6.2 million in funding from the Affordable Care Act to expand and improve primary care services, according to a joint news release issued by Connecticut’s Congressional delegation. The awards include $3.7 million to provide healthcare services such as medical, oral,... Read More about Millions in federal funds going to state health care centers

Americans are wakening to the need to offer what Chris Murphy, Connecticut's junior U.S. senator, calls "a more robust humanitarian response" to the plight of Syrian refugees fleeing their war-torn homeland. Better late than never. This country, which has a history of generosity, is nevertheless something of a piker when it comes to the uprooted... Read More about U.S. Must Do Much More To Help Syrian Refugees

Forty-one year old Omaia said her family endured a year of bombings and killings in their home country of Syria before they decided to leave on foot for Jordan. Three days later their house was leveled by a bombing. “They destroyed schools, hospitals…everything,” Omaia said through her friend Maissa, who translated her words into... Read More about Syrians Find Safe Haven In Elm City

Senator Chris Murphy is joining Connecticut advocates to call for a big increase in the number of Syrian refugees resettled in the United States. Speaking on MSNBC last week, Murphy said accepting 10,000 refugees as President Obama has proposed is not enough. "This just isn't living up to historic standards," said Murphy, citing approximately... Read More about Obama's Call to Accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees Is Too Little, Says Sen. Murphy, Advocates

Groton – Agreeing that Long Island Sound’s maritime economy is at stake, Sen. Chris Murphy heard from about 30 marina owners and state officials Monday concerned that opposition in New York state could derail a plan for handling dredge spoils from Long Island Sound for the next 30 years. “We will perish as a shoreline... Read More about Senator Murphy joins with marina owners in supporting dredging plan

Washington Democrats and Republicans disagreed Sunday about how much the U.S. has contributed to the fighting and turmoil in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East and about the extent to which America should help with the resulting refugee crisis in Europe. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat and Senate Foreign Relations Committee member,... Read More about Democrats, Republicans spar on US responsibility for Middle East turmoil, Syria refugee crisis

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy got multimodal to test out goNewHavengo—the city’s new initiative to get people to walking, biking and busing around town instead of driving cars—and to talk about the fight for more federal dollars for mass transit and small businesses, and the fight for a $15 minimum wage. When he’s not in Washington... Read More about Murphy goesNewHavengoes To Edge Of The Woods

Lawmakers and tech companies — including Google — are calling for the U.S. to extend certain Privacy Act rights to non-U.S. citizens. At issue is a data sharing “umbrella agreement” that U.S. and European Union negotiators agreed to earlier this week. The E.U. says that if Congress does not pass legislation extending the... Read More about Congress eyes privacy rights for non-U.S. citizens

SOUTHBURY — The state government is looking for proposals from people interested in farming 12 parcels of state-owned land at the Southbury Training School and the process began in earnest on Saturday with tours of the property. The parcels are in Southbury and Roxbury and farming permits are available for approximately 370 acres. Two public... Read More about Farmers tour training school land

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is calling on the National Park Service (NPS) to sell more American-made merchandise in national park stores. In a letter to NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis on Friday, Murphy said a Connecticut constituent recently brought it to his attention that stores were carrying foreign-made products. “One of the easiest ways to... Read More about Senate Dem: National park stores must sell more American-made goods

PLAINVILLE, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy have granted Plainville-based Wheeler Clinic a three-year $370,500 grant to provide Mental Health First Aid training. “We’re proud to stand with Wheeler Clinic today to celebrate this funding, which will help identify signs of mental illness... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy announce mental health grant

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Last Sunday, Senator Chris Murphy visited one of the refugee camps and what he saw, shocked him; Families clinging to life and living in filth. So, he is putting forward a measure to bring between 10,000 and 50,000 Syrian refugees to America. “Ultimately, we can find a way to vet these Syrian refugees to make... Read More about US to take in 10,000 refugees

NEW HAVEN >> U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy found that if you are catching a bus in New Haven, you have to take that published schedule seriously. Just a little late for the 2 p.m. bus, Murphy, with a small entourage of aides and New Haven officials Friday, had to hang out for awhile to catch the next B bus from downtown up Whalley Avenue. “It... Read More about Sen. Murphy says mass transit needs more federal funding

NEW BRITAIN — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., connected with participants in the city’s YouthBuild program Friday morning, surveying three homes in progress on Willow Street. Relating stories about how his mother grew up poor in a New Britain housing project, Murphy said he relates with kids and young adults living in the... Read More about Sen. Murphy impressed by YouthBuild projects

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), voted against a resolution of disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed upon by Iran and the P5+1. Senate democrats blocked the disapproval resolution with a vote of 58 to 42. Murphy released the following statement after the vote: “From the outset, I have approached this debate... Read More about Murphy votes to block resolution of dispproval of Iran nuclear deal

After a summer of slayings, lawmakers and mental health advocates say they have more momentum than at any time in recent history to push through an overhaul of the nation's broken mental health system. The opening they see involves timing, bill tweaking and sheer perseverance — a House lawmaker obsessed with the issue for many years teaming... Read More about Is this the moment for long-stalled mental health overhaul?

BROOKFIELD — Residents of Meadowbrook Manor have their fingers crossed that a decades-long flooding problem will soon dry up with the help of a $1.3 million grant to pay for a new stormwater pipe. First Selectman Bill Tinsley said the grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover about 75 percent of the cost of installing a... Read More about Brookfield gets $1.3 million for flooding relief