If the federal government allows a significant increase in refugees from Syria, Connecticut should step up and do its part, said a spokesman for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. "The images we are seeing are tragic and the situation looks devastating. Our hearts go out to the people affected by this crisis,'' said Devon Puglia, speaking on behalf of the... Read More about Malloy Spokesman: Welcoming Syrian Refugees In Line With 'Connecticut's Values'

Congress should pass an emergency spending bill that increases food aid to Syrian refugees and expands the U.S.’s ability to accept more refugees, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Thursday. Murphy, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on the Near East, said Congress should pass a bill with at least $500 million as the... Read More about Dem senator calls for emergency funding to aid Syrian refugees

U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., says the United States risks losing credibility and appearing cold-hearted unless the country shelters Syrian refugees fleeing their war-torn land. Murphy is recommending the U.S. government accept 50,000 Syrian refugees and fully fund a United Nations program that has been struggling to provide food aid to... Read More about Murphy urges U.S. take 50,000 refugees

Washington – Sen. Chris Murphy, fresh from a trip to the Middle East, said the United States should abandon its “coldhearted” policy toward Syria and take in at least 50,000 of the nation’s refugees. Murphy also proposed the United States fund the World Food Programme, a United Nations agency, which has limited its food aid... Read More about Murphy urges U.S. to take in thousands of Syrian refugees

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy returned from a five-day trip to the Middle East earlier this week. He discussed the Iran nuclear agreement, the Syrian refugee crisis and other issues during a conference call with reporters Tuesday. Having announced his support for the Iran nuclear agreement in early August, Murphy says he is pleased to stand with... Read More about After Middle East Trip, Sen. Murphy Calls On U.S. To Accept Refugees

Just back from a five-day, multi-country trip to the Middle East, U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy said Tuesday that he was pleased that Sen. Richard Blumenthal has stepped forward to support the Iran nuclear agreement. "I'm very pleased that it appears we have 41 votes, at least, for the Iran nuclear agreement,'' Murphy said during a 45-minute... Read More about U.S. Sen. Murphy, Back From Iraq, Hails Iran Nuclear Deal

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., just returned from the Middle East and says the United States should begin immediately to start vetting Syrians for refugee status here. The senator, who toured Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan for five days, said America should take in a “meaningful” number of people displaced by the war in... Read More about Murphy: U.S. should take up to 50,000 refugees from Syrian humanitarian crisis

A state university in New Haven has become the first in the state to go completely tobacco free. Southern Connecticut State University announced last month that it now has a campus-wide policy that prohibits smoking and tobacco use on its property. SCSU president Mary Papazian said the decision was in response to a letter she received from Sen.... Read More about SCSU becomes first state university to ban tobacco

With two major proposed developments seeking approval and others possible, First Selectman Jayme Stevenson told U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy the Noroton Heights Railroad Station needs major improvements to accommodate an influx of new residents to the area. Murphy accompanied Stevenson on a walking tour of the station Tuesday along with state Sen.... Read More about Murphy urged to deliver transportation funds

MIDDLETOWN >> U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy has designated Middletown’s Pegasus Manufacturing as Murphy’s “Monday Manufacturer.” Murphy, who started the Monday Manufacturing series in 2014, said with new opportunities and potential job openings, today’s manufacturers are not similar to those of 50 years ago. He added... Read More about Middletown family-owned business, Pegasus Manufacturing, supplies Coast Guard, NASA, Pratt

GOSHEN >> Like many of their contemporaries, Maria and Manny Miranda do much more than make wine at their vineyard. At various times at Miranda Vineyard, one can relax on the back porch while sipping one of 10 varieties and overlooking the scenic vines, shop for a few gifts, come for some live music, enjoy a farm-to-table dinner or attend a... Read More about Murphy gets a lesson on challenges, rewards of winemaking at Miranda Vineyard in Goshen

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut wants to require the federal government to investigate whether private health insurers are following a law called the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The law says private insurers can’t impose financial or other barriers that only apply to mental health benefits. In other words, for... Read More about Sen. Murphy Calls For More Enforcement Of Mental Health Parity Laws

TORRINGTON >> U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty held a roundtable discussion at City Hall on Friday to talk about the health and safety hazards that brownfield sites pose for the community. The discussion was held in wake of a fire that tore through an abandoned factory building in Waterbury, known as the Bristol Co.... Read More about Brownfield sites pose health, safety hazards officials say at Torrington roundtable talk

TORRINGTON — The mill buildings scattered around the city and along the Route 8 corridor made everything from ball bearings to car parts during the Industrial Age and the decades that followed. Today, most of them sit empty, making only headaches for city and town leaders, firefighters and neighbors. On Friday, U.S. Sen. Christopher S. Murphy... Read More about Relics trouble Torrington

BRISTOL — If you ride public buses regularly anywhere in Connecticut don’t be surprised if a familiar-looking man sits next to you sometime and says, “Hi, I’m Sen. Chris Murphy.” “It’s funny, almost every interaction follows a pattern,” said Murphy, who makes an effort to hop on a local bus to talk to... Read More about Sen. Murphy chats with bus riders on local issues

DANBURY, Conn. – A federal grant will help the Danbury Fire Department to buy portable radios. The $336,728 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant recently was announced by U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy. “We are excited to announce today’s FEMA grant to the Danbury Fire... Read More about Danbury Fire Department Gets Federal Grant For Radios

WEST HAVEN >> The Federal Highway Administration has reinstated a $973,834 grant for improvements related to the city’s railroad station, including a bike path connecting the two-year-old station to Yale University’s West Campus, federal and local officials said Wednesday. Mayor Ed O’Brien made the announcement at a press... Read More about Grant for bike path to connect West Haven train station, Yale West Campus

Sen. Chris Murphy is completely fed up with his congressional colleagues’ failure to act on gun safety reforms, and after yet another high-profile mass shooting this week, he’s blasting his fellow elected leaders for “sending a message of quiet endorsement of these murders.” On CNN’s “Newsroom with Carol... Read More about Senator powerfully indicts colleagues for gun control cowardice: “We are essentially sending a message of quiet endorsement of these murders”

WASHINGTON (WTNH) – Several Connecticut fire departments are getting help from the federal government. Members of the Connecticut congressional delegation have announced grants to departments in West Haven, Naugatuck, Salem and Danbury. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro says the West Haven Fire Department will receive $314,404 and the Naugatuck Fire... Read More about Connecticut fire departments get federal grants

In the wake of the on-air shooting death earlier this week of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, two television journalists from WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy is calling on Congress to act “in any way, shape or form” to reduce gun violence in America. Speaking Friday on CNN's "Newsroom," Murphy said Congress's inaction... Read More about Senator Murphy Calls Congress "Complicit" in Mass Shootings