Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks HARTFORD—With the Affordable Care Act under attack by the Trump administration’s continued sabotage efforts, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Friday held a press conference with health care... Read More about MURPHY: OVERTURNING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WOULD BE A HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that BioXcel Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has been named “Innovator of the Month.” The company employs 25 people at their headquarters in New Haven and utilizes a unique artificial intelligence (AI) that draws... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEW HAVEN INNOVATOR BIOXCEL THERAPEUTICS AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, along with U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced that they have secured increased funds for Senate offices to pay their interns, within legislation passed by the... Read More about MURPHY, VAN HOLLEN, SCHATZ SECURE KEY COMMITTEE SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN FUNDS TO PAY SENATE INTERNS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday made the following statement after Saudi Arabia transferred $500 million to United Nations for humanitarian programs for Yemen: “This is very welcome news. Saudi Arabia’s... Read More about MURPHY, YOUNG STATEMENT ON SAUDI ARABIA FULFILLING ITS COMMITMENT TO UN FUNDING FOR YEMEN

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Thursday joined the Project on Middle East Democracy and twelve other advocacy organizations to highlight... Read More about MURPHY: ONE YEAR AFTER KHASHOGGI MURDER, WE MUST KEEP DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND QUESTIONING THE NATURE OF THE U.S.-SAUDI ALLIANCE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday made the following statement after reading the whistleblower complaint: “We don’t need to overthink this. The President of the United States engaged in a massively corrupt act and he admitted to it. President Trump urged a foreign government to investigate his political... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week introduced a bipartisan resolution designating the week of September 23 through September 27, 2019, as “Malnutrition Awareness Week.” Malnutrition is a significant problem in the United States and occurs when a person does not get... Read More about MURPHY, GRASSLEY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THIS WEEK AS MALNUTRITION AWARENESS WEEK

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Wednesday in response to President Trump’s accusation that Murphy threatened the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:  "I stand by my belief that the President of the United States should never be allowed to use the Oval Office for personal... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP PRESS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday released the following statement after reading the transcript released by the White House of the July 25, 2019 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky:  “This transcript is devastating.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRANSCRIPT OF TRUMP-ZELENSKY CALL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Jahana Hayes (CT-5) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture urging the Trump administration to rescind its harmful new proposed rule... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION BLASTS NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED RULE THAT WOULD CUT SNAP BENEFITS TO CONNECTICUT FAMILIES

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement:  “American democracy is not tangible. It cannot be seen or touched; it has no physical foundation or concrete infrastructure. American democracy isn’t the pieces of paper... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BEGIN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Kitchen Brains in Stratford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Kitchen Brains specializes in designing, engineering and manufacturing innovative controllers, sensors and IoT solutions for commercial kitchens. Their... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS STRATFORD MANUFACTURER, KITCHEN BRAINS, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

  HARTFORD – Amid a whistleblower complaint about President Trump’s call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and holding of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday at a press conference in Hartford called out the Trump administration... Read More about MURPHY: NO PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CAN USE HIS OFFICE TO INTERFERE IN AN ELECTION

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Pensions and Labor Committee, authored an op-ed in Modern Healthcare on the Republican sabotage of the American health care system and the potentially devastating consequences of the Texas v. United States lawsuit if it prevails. Last year, 18 Republican... Read More about MURPHY OP-ED IN MODERN HEALTHCARE: REPUBLICANS' ACA LAWSUIT COULD LEAVE MILLIONS UNINSURED, REVERSING YEARS OF PROGRESS

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday again called on U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) to open an official Senate query on potential Trump political interference in U.S. policy toward Ukraine. Following the withholding of... Read More about AMID REPORTS OF WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT, MURPHY RENEWS REQUEST FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL TRUMP POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN UKRAINE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), on Friday hailed U.S. Senate passage of their bipartisan resolution that recognizes the importance of diaper banks across the country. Diaper banks, which provide diapers free of charge, are critical to communities in need. These... Read More about MURPHY, CRAMER, BRAUN, JONES RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DIAPER BANKS PASSES SENATE

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the American Security Drone Act of 2019, which prohibits the U.S. Government from purchasing drones manufactured in countries identified as national security... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SCOTT LEAD BIPARTISAN AMERICAN SECURITY DRONE ACT TO PROHIBIT U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM PURCHASING DRONES FROM ADVERSARIES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday led dozens of his Democratic colleagues, including U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), late into the night in delivering speeches on the U.S. Senate floor to discuss the impact of gun violence across the country and what legislators can do to stop it. During his remarks,... Read More about MURPHY TO REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES: BACKGROUND CHECKS WORK

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Palladin Swiss-Style Machining in Waterbury is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Palladin specializes in custom precision Swiss-style machining and vertical milling. They develop performance-critical parts and prototypes for... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WATERBURY MANUFACTURER, PALLADIN SWISS-STYLE MACHINING, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), last week wrote to Donald Trump urging him to press Bahrain on serious human rights concerns. The president met with Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa today. The senators specifically requested Trump... Read More about MURPHY, WYDEN, RUBIO URGE TRUMP TO PRESS BAHRAIN ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS