WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in support of a War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s war with Iran. In his remarks, Murphy chronicled the last two weeks of President Trump’s chaotic and confused public negotiations with Iran, marked by a dizzying, almost-daily onslaught of unhinged... Read More about Murphy on Trump's Iran War Chaos: We Are Becoming a Laughingstock in the World

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to condemn Senate Republicans’ unprecedented move to bypass the traditional appropriations process and fund the Department of Homeland Security through budget reconciliation. Highlighting recent instances of DHS’s continued lawlessness and deadly... Read More about Murphy: Republicans Could Have Used Reconciliation to Address Skyrocketing Costs But Chose to Write a Blank Check to ICE Instead

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday questioned U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Highlighting the nursing home industry’s multi-million-dollar donations to the Trump campaign, Murphy pressed Kennedy on the Trump... Read More about Murphy to RFK Jr.: Why Are Your Parroting Industry Talking Points Instead of Protecting Nursing Home Patients?

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice filing a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut over the state’s lawful public safety policies: “Donald Trump's Department of Justice should spend more time going after dangerous criminals and less time wasting taxpayer dollars... Read More about Murphy Statement On DOJ's Baseless Lawsuit Against Connecticut

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday took to the floor of the U.S. Senate, alongside several of his Democratic colleagues, to speak in support of a War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s disastrous war of choice with Iran. As the war enters its sixth week, with gas and commodity prices spiking and global stability in free... Read More about Murphy On Republicans' Continued Support for the Disastrous Iran War: Do the Right Thing and Stand Up to Trump

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday voted in favor of two joint resolutions of disapproval related to the sale of 1,000-pound bombs and bulldozers to Israel. “I will always support the security of the Israeli people, but Prime Minister Netanyahu has jeopardized that security and Israel’s standing in the world through his... Read More about Murphy Statement On Joint Resolutions of Disapproval for Arms Sales to Israel

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Greg Casar (D-Texas) in introducing the Home Team Act, bicameral legislation to require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams before relocating them. The... Read More about As WNBA Forces Connecticut Sun Relocation, Murphy, Blumenthal, Sanders, Casar Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Prevent Owners from Moving Teams Without Giving Locals Chance to Buy

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week published a Substack article sounding the alarm on President Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran’s civilian energy infrastructure. Blasting Trump’s failed war of choice, Murphy warns the president’s unhinged call for mass war crimes against the Iranian people is a watershed moment for the... Read More about Murphy on Substack: Pay Attention When Your President Promises to Commit War Crimes

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on President Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion FY2027 defense budget: “This budget tells you everything you need to know about what the Republican Party really stands for: unlimited taxpayer dollars for war and handouts to billionaires, and not a penny left over to help... Read More about Murphy Statement on Trump FY27 Budget Proposal

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week published a Substack warning of prediction markets’ potentially disastrous effects on our social and spiritual wellbeing. Murphy discussed how prediction markets have transformed fundamentally moral questions, with life-or-death stakes, into speculative financial wagers, inducing everyday... Read More about ICYMI: Murphy on Substack: Prediction Markets Are the Latest Sign of Our Spiritual Disintegration

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement following President Donald Trump’s primetime address on the administration’s disastrous war in Iran: “That speech was grounded in a reality that only exists in Donald Trump's mind. We are losing this war. We cannot destroy all their missiles or drones, nor their nuclear program.... Read More about Murphy Statement on Trump's Incoherent Primetime Address on Iran

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) in introducing the Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans’ Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards (GUARDRAILS) Act to repeal President Trump’s executive order seeking to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence. The Trump... Read More about Murphy, Schatz Introduce Legislation to Reverse Trump's State AI Law Moratorium

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday served as Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, Don't Fumble Their Future: Positioning Student-Athletes for Success in School and Beyond. During the hearing, Murphy blasted a multi-billion-dollar college sports industry which corruptly... Read More about Senator Murphy on Fairly Compensating College Athletes: I See It As Our Mission to Save College Sports

WASHINGTON–In the fourth week of Donald Trump’s war with Iran, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) forced a vote on Senator Murphy’s War Powers Resolution to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities in and against Iran. Senate... Read More about Senate Democrats Force War Powers Vote as Trump's War in Iran Spirals Out of Control

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released, Aided and Abetted: How the Trump Administration is Helping Private Equity Take Over Health Care. The new report uncovers how the Trump administration mobilized the federal government, through legislation, rulemaking, and relaxed enforcement, to give handouts to one of the most... Read More about Murphy Publishes New Report Exposing Trump’s Corrupt Alliance With Private Equity, Introduces Legislation To Boot Private Equity From Health Care

WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.-05) on Monday introduced The Patient Safety and Whistleblower Protections Act, which provides legal protections for health care whistleblowers who speak out publicly on patient safety concerns. While laws like the Federal Whistleblower Protection Act... Read More about Murphy and Scanlon Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Protect Whistleblowers In the Health Care Industry

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.-5) on Monday introduced the Take Back Our Hospitals Act, a bill to effectively ban private equity ownership of hospitals and nursing homes by making them ineligible to receive Medicare funding. U.S. U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Jeff... Read More about Murphy, Scanlon Introduce Bicameral Bill to Ban Private Equity From Owning Nurses and Hospitals

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and slammed the incompetence of Donald Trump and his administration as the war in Iran is spiraling out of control. Murphy highlighted the insanity of lifting sanctions on Iranian oil, putting money into the pocket of the very country the U.S. is... Read More about Murphy On Meet The Press: We're Literally Putting Money Into The Pockets Of The Very Nations That We Are Fighting Right Now

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday introduced the Fair Prices for Local Businesses Act, a bill that would bring down prices for American families and support small businesses by cracking down on corporate price discrimination. The bill is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.),... Read More about Murphy Introduces Bill To Protect Small Businesses From Corporate Gouging, Lower Prices For American Families

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Greg Casar (D-Texas-35) on Tuesday unveiled the Banning Event Trading on Sensitive Operations and Federal Functions (BETS OFF) Act, bicameral legislation to ban wagering on government actions, terrorism, war, assassination, and events where an individual knows or controls the... Read More about Murphy, Casar Introduce Bicameral Bill To Ban Prediction Markets On Government Actions, War, and Events Ripe For Rigging