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 vocal critic of U.S. support for the military campaigns in Yemen, on Thursday delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor calling on his colleagues to take action... Read More about MURPHY: WHAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION GETTING FOR THE BEAR HUG THEY’VE PUT AROUND SAUDI ARABIA?

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday led a group of 19 Senators in requesting data from the Trump administration to help states and Congress better understand the potential consequences if the Texas v. United States Affordable Care Act... Read More about MURPHY, DEMOCRATS REQUEST DATA FROM TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON CONSEQUENCES OF TEXAS V. UNITED STATES PREVAILING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) this week joined U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) and U.S. House Representative Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) who led Senate and House Democrats in unveiling a Congressional... Read More about SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS UNVEIL RESOLUTION TO SAVE PRE-EXISTING CONDITION PROTECTS FROM HARMFUL TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RULE PUSHING JUNK PLANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday announced the reintroduction of the Super Pollutants Act of 2019, a bipartisan climate bill that aims to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). The legislation would reduce SLCPs in the atmosphere by enabling federal... Read More about MURPHY, COLLINS ANNOUNCE BIPARTISAN CLIMATE BILL TO COMBAT SUPER POLLUTANTS

WASHINGTON – After more than 150 days since the U.S. House of Representatives passed universal background checks legislation and it stalled in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and his colleagues on Tuesday in calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow... Read More about MURPHY TO MCCONNELL: STOP ALLOWING DRUG COMPANIES, THE GUN LOBBY, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO CONTROL THE SENATE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 40 of their fellow Democratic senators in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar slamming the Trump-Pence Administration’s new gag rule that compromises the Title X family planning program and the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DEMOCRATS CALL FOR REVERSAL AMID CONFUSION & CONCERN OVER TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION’S GAG RULE THAT WILL UNDERMINE HEALTH CARE FOR MILLIONS OF WOMEN

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representative Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), Chairwoman of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow caregivers to receive a social security credit.... Read More about MURPHY, LOWEY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HELP CAREGIVERS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY CREDIT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that R&R Corrugated in Bristol is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1968, R&R specializes in the manufacturing of custom cardboard and corrugated packaging for a variety of industries, including food and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BRISTOL MANUFACTURER, R&R CORRUGATED, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

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 Monday made the following statement after the Senate failed to override the President’s veto of legislation to block recent arm sales to Saudi... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON FAILED VETO OVERRIDE TO BLOCK SAUDI ARMS SALES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) this week called on President Trump to keep his promises and support their efforts to strengthen Buy America requirements in the federal surface transportation reauthorization legislation that is currently moving through Congress. Earlier this month, President Trump... Read More about MURPHY, BALDWIN TO TRUMP: SUPPORT STRONG BUY AMERICA REFORMS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that FreeThink Technologies, a research and development company in Branford has been named “Innovator of the Month.” FreeThink Technologies was founded in 2011 through the UCONN Technology Incubator Program (TIP). The company focuses on developing innovative... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BRANFORD INNOVATOR, FREETHINK TECHNOLOGIES, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday hosted a panel with Ramogi Huma, President of the National College Players Association; Gerry Gurney, Professor and expert on academic integrity in college sports; Mary Willingham, whistleblower of... Read More about MURPHY CALLS OUT SCHOOLS THAT CHEAT COLLEGE ATHLETES OUT OF AN EDUCATION

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday released the second in a series of reports that consider the range of problems within college athletics. The report, “Madness, Inc.: How Colleges Keep Athletes on the Field and Out of the... Read More about MURPHY RELEASES SECOND “MADNESS, INC.” REPORT, CALLS OUT COLLEGES FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE ATHLETES THE EDUCATION THEY DESERVE

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 Wednesday pressed U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale and Acting Legal Adviser in the Office of Legal Advisers at the U.S. Department of... Read More about MURPHY QUESTIONS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON THE PRESIDENT’S LEGAL AUTHORITY TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Vice Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, on Wednesday met with Princess Reema bint... Read More about MURPHY, DURBIN READOUT OF MEETING WITH NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committees, on Wednesday released the following statement on the Trump administration’s proposed rule to take nutrition assistance, specifically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), away... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSAL TO CUT FOOD STAMPS FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member U.S Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and all the other Democrats on the Committee in a letter urging President Trump to impose sanctions on Turkey for its decision to accept... Read More about MURPHY, MENENDEZ, DEMOCRATS URGE TRUMP TO WORK WITH BOTH PARTIES TO SANCTION TURKEY FOR PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN S400 MISSILE SYSTEM

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on Tuesday introduced legislation... Read More about MURPHY, DELAURO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HELP FAMILIES PAY FOR CHILD CARE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applauded Senate passage of legislation to permanently reauthorize and fund the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). The fund provides compensation for anyone who suffered physical harm or was killed as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD PERMANENT EXTENSION OF 9/11 VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor to ask his Republican colleagues whether they support Texas v. United States, a partisan lawsuit to gut the entire Affordable Care Act, and what their plan is if... Read More about MURPHY TO REPUBLICANS: DO YOU SUPPORT TEXAS V. UNITED STATES?