WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and 17 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, joined a letter led by Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to express their concern regarding reports of political influence at the Department, demand more... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday to discuss the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19 and new legislation he introduced to federalize and add critical oversight and transparency to the... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, as well as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, on Wednesday announced legislation that lays out a framework for an effective COVID-19 response by federalizing and adding... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.), M.D., both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, on Tuesday released a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Education’s recommendation that essential rights of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act remain... Read More

WASHINGTON—Following reports of 2018 State Department cables warning of serious management and safety concerns at a Wuhan lab studying bat coronaviruses, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday called on the U.S. State Department for answers as... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday announced legislation to increase the ability for Americans struggling with food insecurity to receive restaurant meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the COVID-19 Anti-Hunger Restaurant Relief for You... Read More

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately reconsider its blanket denial of waiver requests and allow college students continued access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits... Read More

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Allied Printing Services, Inc., a commercial printing firm in Manchester, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1949, Allied Printing is a third-generation family owned and operated business that specializes in the manufacturing of full-color printed... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 18 colleagues joined a letter led by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza, calling on the Administration to develop strong supervisory mechanisms to identify... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 24 of their Senate colleagues joined a letter led by Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) calling on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students to access emergency financial aid grant... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 38 of their senate colleagues joined a letter led by Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), calling on the Treasury Department to ensure that families who are not required to file taxes and will... Read More

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.), along with U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), this week sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement on China’s pledge to give an additional $30 million to the World Health Organization (WHO): “This isn’t rocket science: pulling the United States back from the world stage allows countries like China to fill the... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) along with U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and U.S. Representatives Eliot L. Engel (NY-16), Andy Levin (MI-19) and Ami Bera (CA-07), called on the government of Bangladesh to restore telecommunication access in Rohingya refugee camps, underscoring the critical role of... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed additional funding for small businesses, our health care system, and to increase testing and contact tracing capacity. This legislation funding specifically designated for community banks and small lenders to... Read More

WASHINGTON—After hearing from small businesses in Connecticut about the lack of transparency as it relates to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), passed in the CARES Act, and the Emergency Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday sent a letter to the U.S.... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Gary Peters (D-MI), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate colleagues called on President Trump to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive all cost-share requirements for states responding to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. On March 13, President Trump declared a national emergency... Read More

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and seven of their Senate colleagues joined a letter led by U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), pushing the Trump administration to immediately craft, release, and implement a plan that includes robust testing for the coronavirus and... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Thursday made the following statement on U.S. citizens currently held in Egypt, including Mohamed Amashah, who was detained last year: “I’m deeply troubled by the number... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 13 of their Senate colleagues, urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Chuck... Read More