WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement on Wednesday following the Trump administration’s new rule expanding short-term health insurance plans. These plans are not subject to the same requirements under the... Read More about MURPHY CRITICIZES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S CONTINUED HEALTH CARE SABOTAGE WITH NEW RULE ENCOURAGING JUNK PLANS

“Rally to Stop Kavanaugh” Will Bring Together Hundreds of Activists to Stop the GOP From Using the Supreme Court to Attack Our Access To Health Care  [WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, Wednesday, August 1 at 12:00 PM, Health Care Voter, alongside Demand Justice, Protect Our Care, Americans for Tax Fairness, Be a Hero, Center for... Read More about MURPHY & BLUMENTHAL TO JOIN SENATE DEMOCRATS AND ADVOCATES AT RALLY TO STOP KAVANAUGH NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT

[WASHINGTON, DC]—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applauded Senate approval of a resolution they cosponsored that would designate September 25, 2018 as “National Lobster Day.” The resolution, led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine), was approved by the Senate... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD SENATE APPROVAL OF “NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY” RESOLUTION

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced a resolution in the United States Senate calling for the declassification of all remaining documents relating to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks upon the United... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND & MENENDEZ INTRODUCE RESOLUTION TO “DECLASSIFY 9/11”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Tuesday that Bioarray Genetics, a Farmington biotech company housed at University of Connecticut’s (UConn) Technology Incubation Program (TIP), is “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Bioarray Genetics focuses on using genomics and machine... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS FARMINGTON INNOVATOR, BIOARRAY GENETICS, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced custom safety net solutions manufacturer InCord, in Colchester, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Since its founding in 1995, InCord has grown to become the largest custom netting fabricator in North America, providing netting products to customers... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS COLCHESTER MANUFACTURER, INCORD, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER"

Hartford, CT—U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) applauded $1,076, 949 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) to Mansfield, Danbury, and New Milford.  “This federal funding will give... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY, ESTY APPLAUD OVER $1 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN MANSFIELD, DANBURY, AND NEW MILFORD

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ proposal to rescind a regulation put in place by the Obama administration to protect students who were defrauded by for-profit... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SEC. DEVOS’ DECISION TO RESCIND PROTECTIONS FOR DEFRAUDED STUDENTS

[WASHINGTON, DC]–  Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 38 Senate Democrats, led by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), in an effort to stop congressional Republicans from promoting discrimination against LGBTQ Americans seeking to be foster or adoptive parents. In a letter to Senate appropriators,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL DEMOCRATS CALL ON REPUBLICANS TO DROP HARMFUL PLAN DISCRIMINATING AGAINST POTENTIAL FOSTER OR ADOPTIVE PARENTS AND YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE

[WASHINGTON, DC] – In the wake of the decision by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle a lawsuit brought against the Department of State by Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation – two proponents of downloadable and undetectable guns that can be printed using 3D printers – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal... Read More about MURPHY & BLUMENTHAL DEMAND ANSWERS FROM JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ON DANGEROUS 3D GUN SETTLEMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced an amendment on Wednesday to the FY2019 Department of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bills to provide an additional... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE AMENDMENT TO BOOST FEDERAL RAIL FUNDING FOR NORTHEAST CORRIDOR

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a series of amendments Tuesday to provide assistance to homeowners in Connecticut hurt by crumbling foundations. The senators introduced the amendments to the FY2019 Department of... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE AMENDMENTS TO HELP CONNECTICUT HOMEOWNERS WITH CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday led colleagues on the floor of the U.S. Senate calling out the Trump administration’s continued sabotage of the American health care system as the anniversary of Senate Republicans’ failed... Read More about MURPHY: KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION IS NEXT STEP IN REPUBLICAN SABOTAGE OF AMERICANS’ HEALTH CARE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced Satellite Tool & Machine Co., Inc., in South Windsor is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Satellite Tool specializes in precision tuning, milling and assembly of aircraft engine and helicopter parts. Founded in East Windsor in 1980 before... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH WINDSOR MANUFACTURER, SATELLITE TOOL & MACHINE CO., INC., AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

Murphy: “When people in Connecticut see their higher health care bills next year, they’ll have President Trump to blame” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement after the Connecticut Insurance Department... Read More about MURPHY CRITICIZES TRUMP SABOTAGE OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CAUSING PREMIUM INCREASES IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement following a vote reaffirming support for the U.S. Intelligence Community and rejecting the Russian government’s ask to question U.S. officials. “President Trump’s entire trip was a disaster, but... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON RESOLUTION DEMANDING TRUMP NOT ALLOW PUTIN TO INTERROGATE AMERICAN DIPLOMATS

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued the following joint statement after the Department of Defense and Lockheed Martin have a reached a “handshake agreement” according to Ellen Lord, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, during the final stages of... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL COMMEND MILITARY AND LOCKHEED MARTIN FOR TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR NEXT LOT OF F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and HELP Committee colleagues in a letter to Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray calling for an oversight hearing on... Read More about MURPHY, HELP COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS CALL FOR OVERSIGHT HEARING ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S SEPARATED FAMILIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Monday after the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that after being forcibly separated from their parents, two immigrant children in Connecticut will be reunited with their family. A federal judge in Connecticut ruled that the Trump... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON REUNIFICATION OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN CONNECTICUT WITH FAMILY

WASHINGTON – On the heels of the president’s disastrous trip to Europe, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, criticized remarks made by President Donald Trump during a joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where the president refused to say he believed the... Read More about MURPHY: NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER HAD A MORE DISASTROUS OVERSEAS TRIP