The Sandy Hook Promise has endorsed a bipartisan bill that aims to reform mental healthcare at the national level. U.S. Senators Chris Murphy, D-Conn. and Bill Cassidy, R-La have proposed the Mental Health Reform Act of 2015. The bill would establish a grant program focused on early intervention for children who display risk factors related to... Read More about Sandy Hook Promise Endorses Mental Health Reform Act

Heartfelt thanks to Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy for defending Planned Parenthood against the recent attempt by their fellow Senators to cut funding. Despite the grossly inaccurate rhetoric being put forth by anti-abortion extremists, government funding for Planned Parenthood DOES NOT support abortion; it goes into reproductive... Read More about Planned Parenthood Survived Cuts for a Good Reason

Connecticut’s two U.S. senators last week joined 14 other senators in introducing a bill which would prevent employers from forcing workers to disclose their credit history when seeking a job. “Credit ratings say nothing about a person’s character or ability to succeed in the workplace, and there should be no place for them in a... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy back no credit check bill

STRATFORD — The town’s Short Beach is getting cleaner, town officials have been saying, and now they’re getting agreement from none other than Curt Johnson, executive director of Save the Sound, a bi-state program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment. Johnson was at Short Beach last week to meet with U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy,... Read More about Murphy pushing for $325M to clean L.I. Sound

Members of Connecticut’s Puerto Rican community met in Hartford on Friday with U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal to discuss Puerto Rico’s debt crisis. Murphy began by discussing the importance of the cultural and economic connections between Puerto Rico and Connecticut, which more than 250,000 Puerto Ricans call... Read More about Connecticut U.S. Senators Urge Investment in Puerto Rico to Avoid Further Default

HARTFORD–It’s official: national lobster day is an official holiday. On Friday, the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to honor the shellfish on September 25, 2015. The resolution was intended to recognize the economic and historic importance of lobsters in the United States, but it hits home here in Connecticut and New England. In fact, the... Read More about Sept. 25 officially national lobster day

As the nation marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, Connecticut and other leaders issued statements Thursday. Here are some of those statements, shared unedited: VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: “Our task to protect the fundamental right to vote is as critical today as it was fifty years ago when Dr. King stood in the... Read More about Connecticut leaders react to 50th anniversary of signing of Voting Rights Act

Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) backed the Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday, becoming the latest Democrats in the upper chamber to endorse the agreement ahead of a five-week recess. “The test for this agreement, then, is simple: is Iran less likely to obtain a nuclear weapon with this deal than without it?" Murphy said in... Read More about Sens. Murphy, Leahy back Iran nuclear deal

Washington – Hours before President Obama makes a key speech to the nation to sell the Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Chris Murphy on Wednesday announced his support for it. “Because as dangerous as Iran is today, it becomes twice as threatening to the security of the United States, Israel, and the world if its regional provocations were to... Read More about Murphy says he’ll support Iran nuclear deal

Recently, The Associated Press reported that a group of bipartisan New England senators were supporting the start of an official National Lobster Day. Being loyal crustacivores, we were all over that news and were surprised to learn that there wasn’t an official National Day already, only an unofficial one on June 15. Well, our curiosity got... Read More about Senator Chris Murphy Talks about Creating National Lobster Day

Momentum around mental-health reform is building in Congress and gathering bipartisan support as a response to mass violence and the reality that gun control is a nonstarter. On Wednesday, Sens. Bill Cassidy and Chris Murphy introduced a new bill outlining a comprehensive set of reforms of the mental-health system. Thursday, the Senate Health,... Read More about Mental-Health Reform Gaining Momentum in Congress

HARTFORD - Connecticut’s two U.S. senators say the federal transportation bill approved last week is a stopgap measure that underscores the deep divisions in Congress. While current funding levels will continue to flow into the state for highway and rail work during the summer construction season, the $8 billion deal will expire at the end of... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy criticize federal transit bill

On the margins of a slew of mass shootings that have heightened awareness of mental illness, a growing stack of bills in Congress aim to overhaul the country’s mental health system. The latest to join the effort is Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. The Democrat introduced a bipartisan bill with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Tuesday that would... Read More about Murphy proposes package of mental health reforms

Connecticut Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy joined Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty and gun safety advocates in Hartford on Monday to urge firearms dealers to wait until background checks are complete before selling a weapon. Federal law allows dealers to sell a gun after 72 hours even if a background check is still pending. It's called a... Read More about Connecticut Senators Urge Gun Dealers to Close Background Check Loophole

Connecticut’s U.S. Senators called for stricter gun laws Monday, demanding that gun dealers across the country refuse to sell the hardware before a background check is completed. U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Murphy were two of the lawmakers who signed a letter to three major gun retailers, asking them to close a loophole that... Read More about Blumenthal, Murphy call for stricter gun laws

SOUTHBURY -- A $1.1 million federal grant will allow the town to buy nine flood-prone properties along Pomperaug River and knock down the homes for recreational open space. "I'm so glad that coming out of this dark cloud there is a silver lining," U.S. Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., told a small crowd gathered at Cedarland Park Monday... Read More about FEMA grant to create riverside open space in Southbury

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Proton OnSite, a Wallingford-based manufacturer of hydrogen, nitrogen, and zero-air generators, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1996, the manufacturer provides on-site gas generation for power plants, semiconductor manufacturers, and... Read More about Wallingford Manufacturer Recognized by Sen. Murphy

Faced with little appetite in the US Congress to strengthen federal gun laws, a group of senators on Tuesday called on firearm dealers to help reduce the scourge of gun violence in America by performing more robust background checks, even when it’s not required by the law. Their mantra: “No background check, no gun.” Connecticut... Read More about 'Why not do the right thing'? Renewed gun control push targets firearm dealers

A Senate Democrat is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate claims that retailers are fraudulently mislabeling foreign products in a bid to take advantage of American consumers' willingness to pay more for American-made goods. In a letter to FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said businesses are only... Read More about Dem demands investigation of fake 'Made in USA' labels

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is calling on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate fraudulent or misleading claims companies make about products being “Made in the U.S.A.” and said it follows an NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters investigation. The Troubleshooters' story cites Truth in Advertising, which found 200 total examples of... Read More about Senator Urges 'Made in U.S.A' Investigation After Troubleshooters Investigation