U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Connecticut Democrats, last week joined a bipartisan group of 23 senators in demanding that a proposed $1.3 billion cut to the U.S. Coast Guard be rejected. According to reports, the 2018 Presidential Budget Request now being prepared will suggest a wholesale... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is hoping the third time is the charm for a piece of legislation he is re-introducing to help attract more investors for start-up companies. Murphy will re-introduce his HALOS legislation in the U.S. Senate today. The acronym stands for Helping Angels Lead Our Startups and refers to so-called “angel”... Read More

Senator Chris Murphy is leading the charge against President Trump‘s newly revised travel ban. Murphy has introduced a bill that would block President Trump’s executive order that bans immigration from six mostly Muslim countries. The President’s revised travel ban blocks citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is co-sponsoring a resolution commemorating the achievements of women around the world in recognition of International Women’s Day. U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine are leading a coalitionf or the resolution. Shaheen, a Democrat, said Wednesday that women and girls make up... Read More

Connecticut’s federal lawmakers – all Democrats – unanimously rejected President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, which his administration hopes will survive any challenge in court. The new executive order, signed by the president Monday, targets travelers from six majority-Muslim countries and no longer restricts travel... Read More

Connecticut’s U.S. senators on Friday charged that while President Donald Trump has been making big promises about infrastructure improvements, there is little evidence of a plan emerging from the White House. In fact, Trump’s promises to “buy American” are already falling by the wayside, with the recent revelation... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy hosted a group of local stakeholders on Friday, welcoming ideas for just how a major investment in the country’s infrastructure might benefit the Port of New London. Murphy and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal joined Senate Democrats last month to unveil a $1 trillion transportation infrastructure investment plan to rebuild... Read More

From a stage lined with posters calling on students to “march,” “write a letter to President Trump” or “sign a petition,” Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., called on students to become politically engaged and reject an intolerant or exclusive view of their country, regardless of their political... Read More

It was West Hartford for Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) the other night, the West Hartford Town Hall, a couple of thousand people there to talk with him about their state and their country. This wasn’t one of the "so-called angry crowds" about which the President of the United States tweeted the other day, the kind he says are showing up in some... Read More

Town residents had a chance to join in a brainstorming session about transportation and infrastructure Thursday with U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy. Nearly 75 people were on hand for Murphy’s “community conversation” at Town Hall as part of a joint program of Murphy’s office and town officials. The format was informal, with... Read More

Concern about unregulated “sober homes” has reached Washington, D.C., where lawmakers want a federal review of the drug recovery homes. The move comes after two young adults from Danbury and Ridgefield died of heroin overdoses in sober homes earlier this year. “There have been several recent overdoses that have occurred in... Read More

Instead of boos, there was a standing ovation. Instead of angry chants, there was a request for a selfie. But the anxious liberals at Sen. Chris Murphy's town hall meeting on Tuesday night were no less fired up than the crowds confronting Republican members of Congress in red states. More than 450 constituents from across the Connecticut... Read More

Around 2,000 people packed West Hartford Town Hall for a public meeting with Sen. Chris Murphy Tuesday night. Crowds packed the auditorium starting more than an hour before the event was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Some were sent to an overflow room to watch on closed circuit video. Even more were outside, not able to enter... Read More

As consumers make their mad, last-minute scramble to honor their loved ones on Valentine’s Day, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is urging them to support flowers and plants grown domestically which will benefit the floral and horticulture industry at the state and national levels. That is not as easy as it might seems: Florists and other... Read More

Fadi Kassar waited anxiously for hours in a terminal at JFK International Airport on Thursday. At 4 p.m., the plane from Jordan carrying his wife and two young daughters had landed. Would they be allowed in? Or would they be sent back again, like they had on Saturday? It had been over two years since Kassar, 40, originally from Syria, had last seen... Read More

U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy held up an oversized photograph Monday night on the floor of the U.S. Senate of two little girls caught in the midst of a presidential executive order that bans travel to the United States from certain countries. The two little girls, ages 5 and 8, could be here in Milford with their father; instead they have been... Read More

U.S. Sen. Chris Muphy (D-Conn.) shared a story on the Senate floor Monday night of a Milford resident from Syria who has been unable to reunite with his family as a result of President Donald Trump's executive order preventing refugees from entering the country. Fadi Kassar's wife and two daughters – ages 5 and 8 – were stopped Saturday... Read More

On the first day Congress was in session since President Donald Trump signed a controversial executive order restricting immigration, Connecticut's two U.S. senators were championing legislation to block the actions and working to reunite a Milford family who remains separated because of the order. Sen. Chris Murphy's... Read More

Congressional Republicans have largely fallen in line behind Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who once opposed Trump’s “Muslim ban,” has announced his support for the new restrictions. Other prominent Republicans have followed suit. But Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy (D) says he... Read More

Donald Trump’s long-awaited Muslim ban became a reality today. No, you might say, it’s not actually the proposal he outlined during the campaign. True, the ban doesn’t cover every Muslim globally, just a set of Muslims from countries Trump perceives, rather arbitrarily, to be dangerous. But today’s announcement is anchored... Read More