WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new Congressional bill grants college athletes the right to strike collective bargaining agreements to maximize group licensing deals, while prohibiting schools from both restricting compensation to college recruits and regulating athlete agents. The latest Congressional legislation governing athlete compensation,... Read More about New Congressional NIL Bill Targets Expansive Change to Athlete Compensation, Video Game Licensing

Connecticut’s U.S. Congressional delegation said they’ll introduce a bicameral version of a gun safety bill first proposed after the 2018 death of a Guilford teen. The bill is called Ethan’s Law. It’s named after 15-year-old Ethan Song who accidentally shot himself in the head with a handgun owned by a friend’s... Read More about Connecticut Lawmakers To Introduce Federal Gun Control Bill To Protect Minors

The parents of Ethan Song, a Guilford teenager who died from an accidental gunshot, joined Connecticut’s entire congressional delegation on Wednesday in resuming the fight to establish national firearms storage standards. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal hopes that “Ethan’s Law,” requiring households with children under the age... Read More about CT delegation: Congress likely to pass Ethan's Law on gun storage

GREENWICH — Among the 15 winners selected in U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s fifth annual “Martin Luther King Jr. Day Essay Contest” was Greenwich High School sophomore Yurika Sakai. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Murphy (D-Conn.) announced the 15 winners selected from nearly 2,800 entries sent in from elementary, middle... Read More about Greenwich High student wins MLK essay contest

A US senator has vehemently denounced former US president Donald Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” against Tehran, warning that the Iran hawks, who used to champion the wrong approach, are now trying to prevent his successor Joe Biden from opting out of it. “Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign proved a... Read More about Senator: Trump’s campaign against Iran 'catastrophic failure'

No one among his 1 million Twitter followers could reasonably mistake Chris Murphy, the junior senator from Connecticut, for an irrepressibly upbeat Pollyanna. On social media and the Senate floor, he often speaks darkly of the political class he inhabits, both before and since the events of Jan. 6, 2021. More quickly than most Democrats, Murphy... Read More about The game is changing. Chris Murphy says he’s ready to play.

The riot at the Capitol on January 6 brought American democracy “to its knees,” US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) observed just over a week after the shock to the nation. But that shouldn’t prevent the United States from trying to both “self-correct... Read More about Chris Murphy: Healing at home shouldn’t stop the United States from its democracy work abroad

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut asked the U.S. National Guard to reform their response time in a letter to Secretary of Defence Chris Miller on Monday. This comes after the U.S. Capitol was breached last week by a mob of violent pro-Trump rioters. Murphy said this kind of behavior could continue without “radical” reform in the... Read More about Conn. Senator Asks National Guard To Shorten Response Time In Future Attacks

Among the most striking images of law enforcement futility, on a day when chaos convulsed the U.S. Capitol, was of a lone, shirt-sleeved officer in retreat waving a baton at an advancing mob that had breached the Senate side of the building. Flag-waving rioters appeared to stalk the officer who bounded up one stairway after another – with no... Read More about 'Unfathomable': Capitol Police security breakdown prompts chief's resignation

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) reminded the acting U.S. attorney general and Pentagon leaders that any federal law enforcement or armed forces used in protests around Washington, D.C., this week must visibly identify themselves. “The legislation enacted into law last week ensures that no administration has the authority... Read More about Murphy reminds Defense leaders that forces in DC protests must visibly ID themselves

Sen. Chris Murphy, one of Donald Trump’s sharpest critics throughout Trump’s presidency, warned Monday of a “dire” and “grave” situation brewing in Congress, as a group of Republican lawmakers undertakes a quixotic bid to keep Trump in office and the president himself resorts to desperate measures to spin an... Read More about Sen. Chris Murphy condemns Trump-backed effort by Republicans in Congress to block Biden victory as ‘an attempt to overthrow democracy’

Connecticut’s congressional delegation Tuesday hailed the approval of $135 million for a new federal courthouse in downtown Hartford that would replace the aging and outdated court complex on Main Street. “The 57-year-old U.S. District courthouse in Hartford has simply outlived its sell-by date,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said.... Read More about $135M for new federal courthouse in Hartford hailed by Connecticut’s Congressional delegation

Connecticut's U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal received their first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday. Murphy says the vaccine is safe and urges residents to the shot once it is available to them. Blumenthal also encouraged residents to do the same to keep the community safe. “A vaccine does more than protect the... Read More about Sens. Murphy and Blumenthal get COVID-19 vaccine; urge residents to do the same

If there’s one thing that widespread Republican support for President Trump’s effort to overturn the election results suggests, it’s that we’re entering into uncertain and potentially treacherous territory when it comes to the long-term viability of our democracy. And that raises hard questions for Democrats that... Read More about Opinion: Chris Murphy’s surprise floor speech raises tough questions for Democrats

Northwell Health on Thursday held its second Gun Violence Prevention Forum, as part of its effort to push a national debate on the need for health care leaders to help curtail firearms-related deaths in the United States. The event included speeches by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who has campaigned for... Read More about Northwell seeks to stir debate with gun violence prevention forum

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, known nationally as the "Sandy Hook Senator" for his leadership in gun legislation after the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, said changing federal gun laws cannot change the root causes of violence in the U.S. Murphy said easy access to guns is uniquely American, but so is the prevalence of racism and... Read More about Murphy: Gun Laws Alone Won't Prevent Gun Violence

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut has spoken out against a decision by the Trump administration to sell American arms including F-35 fighters to the United Arab Emirates. Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, declared his opposition during a floor speech in the Senate. “We are talking about selling the UAE the... Read More about Sen. Murphy Questions Trump Plans To Sell Arms To UAE

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy expressed fresh criticism this week over the Trump administration's proposed $23 billion arms sale to the United Arab Emirates, asking if selling "the most highly sophisticated killing machines in the world" will make the Middle East safe or simply "just make defense companies richer." Murphy (D-Conn.), who's been a... Read More about Top Democrat Condemns Trump Plan to Sell 'Most Highly Sophisticated Killing Machine' to UAE

Congress is set to approve a defense policy bill that bars unidentified federal law enforcement officers from policing protests. The bill responds to a phenomenon that Mother Jones flagged in June: Unidentified federal law enforcement officers with no identifying insignia joined in the Trump administration’s coordinated... Read More about Congress Is About to Bar Unidentified Federal Agents From Policing Protests

“We have mouths to feed. I have 60 employees that are looking to me. How are we going to survive?” That’s what I heard from Matt Storch, who owns two restaurants in Connecticut, during a video call with local restaurant owners to discuss the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on their businesses. As cases spike, temperatures... Read More about U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy: Coronavirus is raging. Congress needs to end the gridlock and help small businesses.