HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) reacted to the White House release of a report outlining a research and development strategy to expedite real-world deployment of smart gun technology. The report, prepared jointly by the Departments of Defense (DoD), Justice (DOJ) and Homeland... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement after the House Homeland Security Committee voted yesterday in favor... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, during National Reentry Week, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act to ensure that children who spend time in the juvenile justice system continue to receive much-needed health care coverage and treatments after their release from... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) made the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed dredged material disposal site designation rule for eastern Long Island Sound.  In the... Read More

WATERBURY – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) congratulated Jahana Hayes, a history teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, on being selected by the Council of Chief State School Officers as the 2016 National Teacher of the Year. A Waterbury native who grew up in one of the... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on the U.S. Senate to immediately follow suit and pass his bipartisan HALOS bill into law. Murphy’s HALOS Act ­ would support startups and create local jobs by removing... Read More

NEW BRITAIN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Stanley Black & Decker of New Britain is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded by Frederick Stanley, New Britain’s first mayor, in 1843, Stanley Black & Decker headquarters remain in New Britain with facilities in... Read More

HARTFORD – Today, amid National Reentry Week, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Congressman John Larson (CT-1), and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced that the Housing Authority of the City of Hartford will receive a $100,000 federal grant through the U.S. Department of Justice’s... Read More

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-2) applauded the National Park Service’s announcement today that Connecticut is being awarded more than $240,000 in Maritime Heritage Grant awards to help preserve its maritime history. The Mystic... Read More

WASHINGTON – In the wake of the collapse of Corinthian Colleges, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today joined Senate Democrats in urging the U.S. Secretary of Education John King to ensure that college accreditors, the gatekeepers to the $150 billion dollars in federal financial aid revenue that... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today announced committee passage of a key provision in the FY 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (HUD), and Related Agencies Appropriations bill that will improve living conditions for residents at HUD-assisted housing units. After learning that HUD did not adequately assess... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (HUD) and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, applauded Committee passage of the FY 2017 Transportation & HUD Appropriations bill. Murphy fought to secure nearly $1.5 billion for Amtrak safety and... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, Justice, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, applauded committee passage of the FY2017 CJS Appropriations bill. Murphy successfully fought to secure more than $20 million of federal funding to conduct critical... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Jim Himes (CT-4), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) sent a letter to Governor Dan Malloy, Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff and Speaker of the House... Read More

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced new legislation to increase federal support and resources for small cheese producers in Connecticut and across the United States. Murphy’s Local Cheese Promotion and Dairy Support Act will strengthen local dairy supply chains by creating a new $5 million grant... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded Senate passage of his Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act, which will create a U.S. National Park Service protective designation for the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook. Today marks the first time the U.S. Senate passed the legislation.... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) along with their Senate Democrat colleagues, announced a new letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran calling for immediate passage of President Obama’s emergency supplemental funding... Read More

NEW BRITAIN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Integro – a manufacturer of power distribution and lighting equipment for the airfield, mining, construction, shipbuilding, power utilities, and steel fabrication markets – is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Integro was... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced a bill to prevent the over-taxation of individuals who telework in one state for companies located in another. The number of Americans telecommuting and working from home at least part-time has increased with technological... Read More

WASHINGTON – After hearing directly from more than a thousand Connecticut commuters about why they’re ‘Fed Up’ with the dire state of Connecticut’s roads and rail lines, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today released the first in a series of reports, called “Fed Up: Traffic on the I-95 Corridor”,... Read More