WASHINGTION – Today, on National Agriculture Day, and as the deadline for the 2016 budget resolution nears, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on his colleagues to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) at the highest levels possible. With the BFRDP fully funded,... Read More

WASHINGTION – Today, in response to the decision by FirstLight Power Resources (FLPR) to reduce its funding to the Candlewood Lake Authority (CLA) by 80 percent, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to President & CEO Zin Smati of GDF Suez Energy North America, Inc. – FLPR’s parent company – urging FLPR to... Read More

WASHINGTION – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks campaign, released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled a 2016 budget proposal that would completely repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is the more than 50th misguided attempt by Republicans to repeal or... Read More

NEW BRITAIN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that B&F Machine Company, Inc. is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” B&F Machine was founded in 1972 by two brother-in-laws, Fred Bragoni and Carl Francalangia – veterans of the manufacturing industry – out of a... Read More

HARTFORD - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) today encouraged Connecticut veterans to apply for “academic boot camps” to be hosted by the Warrior-Scholar Project this summer. The program, which began at Yale University in 2012, is slated to... Read More

WASHINGTION – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) questioned the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on the Bureau’s decision to abandon its proposal to ban the manufacturing and sale of armor-piercing bullets in the United States. In 1986, Congress passed the Law Enforcement Officers... Read More

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, during the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY16 HUD Budget request, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) highlighted the Resilient Bridgeport plan – an innovative resiliency project in Bridgeport, Connecticut proposed in the... Read More

Hartford – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement today regarding news that United Technologies may be considering a sale of Sikorsky: “For generations, Sikorsky and its uniquely skilled and highly-trained Connecticut workforce have provided our nation’s... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on President Obama’s “Student Aid Bill of Rights”: Too many people in Connecticut are burdened with unacceptably high levels of student loan debt – debt that... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, released the following statement after today’s full committee hearing titled, “The President’s Request for Authorization to Use Force Against... Read More

Washington – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) abandoned their armor-piercing ammunition proposal: “We are troubled and disappointed that the ATF succumbed to pressure from gun groups and... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, during a U.S. Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks campaign – questioned Congressional Budget Office Director Dr. Douglas Elmendorf on the issue of whether insurance subsidies were designed to flow to... Read More

CROMWELL – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Floyd Manufacturing is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” In 1988, Edward Floyd founded the manufacturing business out of a small shop in Connecticut in order to provide new manufacturing services to consumers. Today, Floyd Manufacturing delivers... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after 47 Senate Republicans sent an open letter to Iran’s leaders in an apparent attempt to undermine the negotiations: “This partisan letter from several of my colleagues is nothing more... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding legislation passed by the House of Representatives on March 4th that would study the creation of high-speed rail service... Read More

Hartford – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) issued the following statement regarding the report released today by the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission: “We commend the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission for their diligent and dedicated service in... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, following oral arguments in the high-stakes King v. Burwell case at the Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was joined by U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) and beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to affirm that the ACA, as written, is crystal clear and that a flawed, politicized decision in King... Read More

WASHINGTON – As part of his continued effort to fight for Connecticut workers, jobs, and businesses, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) met with several of Connecticut’s manufacturers from the defense, automobile, and aerospace industries. Murphy spoke with the Submarine Industrial Base Council, the Connecticut State Council of... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) were joined by 35 Democratic senators in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, encouraging her... Read More

EAST HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that RSL Fiber Systems, LLC, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer”. The Connecticut company has operated out of East Hartford for the majority of their 14 years in business, designing and manufacturing fiber optic, remote source lighting... Read More