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

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) is receiving a $4.7 million federal grant that will be used by the state to fund initiatives that provide employment and workforce-investment services to people who have been impacted by the nationwide opioid epidemic. “The opioid epidemic has... Read More about GOVERNOR LAMONT, CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES CONNECTICUT RECEIVES $4.7M GRANT TO ENHANCE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday proposed a set of new capabilities that are necessary to carry forward a progressive foreign policy. In a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, Murphy specifically laid out four concrete ideas for how progressives can close... Read More about MURPHY PROPOSES NEW CAPABILITIES FOR A PROGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY AT COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday led a bipartisan group of 7 senators in calling on Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates to fulfill his country’s $750 million commitment to the United Nations to help fund critical programs aimed... Read More about MURPHY, BIPARTISAN SENATORS URGE UAE TO LIVE UP TO THEIR U.N. FUNDING COMMITMENT TO PREVENT THOUSANDS OF DEATHS IN YEMEN

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday released the following statement after reports that President Trump lifted his hold on U.S. aid to Ukraine: “I’m glad President Trump decided to lift his personal hold on U.S.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON U.S. MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE

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 and a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday released the following statement after passage of his amendment to condition U.S. support for the... Read More about MURPHY AMENDMENT CONDITIONING U.S. SUPPORT FOR WAR IN YEMEN PASSES APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, HEADS TO SENATE FLOOR

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and colleagues in calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to act on their Keep Americans Safe Act (S.447), which would prohibit the transfer,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SENATE DEMS CALL ON MCCONNELL TO ACT AFTER HOUSE JUDICIARY PASSES GUN SAFETY BILL TO BAN HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINES

(HARTFORD, CT) — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are calling for Connecticut school districts to nominate outstanding high school students to participate in the 2020 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) by submitting nominee applications by October 18th, 2019. The Connecticut State Department... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL & STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFER HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2020 U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

WASHINGTON – Following a string of mass shootings this summer in Texas, California and Ohio, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday, along with U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), took to the U.S. Senate floor to share stories of... Read More about MURPHY, COLLEAGUES CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, REPUBLICANS TO ACT ON COMMON SENSE GUN LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday led a bipartisan group of 8 senators in calling on Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to fulfill the Kingdom’s $750 million commitment to the United Nations to help fund... Read More about MURPHY, YOUNG, BIPARTISAN SENATORS URGE SAUDI ARABIA TO LIVE UP TO U.N. FUNDING COMMITMENT TO PREVENT THOUSANDS OF DEATHS IN YEMEN

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday spoke about his recent travel to Germany, Kosovo, Serbia and Ukraine with U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). Prior to their departure, Russia had denied both senators a visa to enter the country. In May and following reports... Read More about MURPHY DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL TO GERMANY, KOSOVO, SERBIA AND UKRAINE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement on the announcement of President Trump’s decision to fire National Security Advisor John Bolton: “We’re now headed for our fourth national security advisor in less than three years. This... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON JOHN BOLTON’S DEPARTURE AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released the following statement on his direct negotiations with the White House on background checks legislation:  “I think time is running short to find a compromise on background checks. I’m still negotiating in good faith to find a bipartisan proposal that will... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON BACKGROUND CHECKS NEGOTIATIONS WITH WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Friday led a group of Democratic senators in urging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to postpone any trade negotiations with Brazil until President Jair Bolsonaro fully enforces his country’s environmental laws and regulations to protect the Amazon from... Read More about MURPHY, SCHATZ, DEM SENATORS TO LIGHTHIZER: NO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRAZIL UNTIL BOLSONARO PROTECTS THE AMAZON