WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded the announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that the Connecticut Department of Housing will receive $4,112,906 in Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) funds to provide rental housing and supportive services to very low- and extremely low-income... Read More

HARTFORD — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after House Republicans were unable to pass a three-week funding bill, meaning DHS will shut down at midnight without further action. Earlier today, the U.S. Senate passed a clean, bipartisan bill to... Read More

WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke in support of a continued funding commitment for the Milford Lab in Milford, Connecticut at a high-profile hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. The Committee is currently debating funding levels for the National Oceanic and... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was joined by U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in introducing a resolution commemorating Black History Month. The resolution, S.Res.84, recognizes the contributions African Americans have made in education, politics, arts, sports,... Read More

WASHINGTON —Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks Campaign, released the following statement after Access Health CT (AHCT) announced that they enrolled 204,358 new individuals in affordable health coverage through the state’s healthcare exchange during the second open enrollment... Read More

DURHAM – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Tracy Camassar, owner of Durham-based Chapman Manufacturing, will be recognized as “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer”. In 2012, Tracy took ownership of Chapman Manufacturing when the company’s previous owner selected her to carry the 79-year-old business into the... Read More

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced that he introduced new legislation that aims to enhance the educational and developmental outcomes of children and families in America’s low-income communities. Murphy’s Promise... 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 Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate HELP Committee, introduced the Every Child Counts Act to ensure that students with disabilities are given the support and... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), along with Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), has introduced legislation (S. 526) that would sunset the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was passed by Congress in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Cardin... Read More

HARTFORD – Today, in wake of the recent outbreak of measles, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, visited the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center to announce his plan to introduce legislation that would increase the amount of information provided to parents... Read More

HARTFORD—As Valentine’s Day - one of the busiest days of the year for the flower industry - approaches, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to demonstrate their support for the American flower industry by backing origin labeling for imported, non-local flowers. In his letter to Secretary... Read More

(Hartford, CT) – 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: “Two years ago, after the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, families... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding a ceasefire deal that leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany agreed to after hours of talks in Minsk, Belarus: The security, sovereignty, and prosperity of Ukraine are a top priority for the United States, so news of this ceasefire... Read More

To watch the video of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy's (D-Conn.) remarks, click here The full text of Murphy's remarks is below: Mr. President, to her high school classmates it was pretty clear what kind of person Kayla Mueller was going to turn out to be. As a teenager she took up the causes of the disenfranchised and the dispossessed, like when she... Read More

WASHINGTON— Today, 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 on President Obama’s proposed authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) against ISIL: "The President should be... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, during a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing titled “The Reemergence of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Exploring the Public Health Successes and Challenges”, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that he is working on a bill to increase the amount of information provided to... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the death of Kayla Mueller, a 26-year-old American who was held captive by Islamic State militants: "My deepest condolences go out to Kayla Mueller's friends and family for their tragic loss. Kayla lived selflessly in the service others and her death is a... Read More

TORRINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Dymax Corporation, Inc. will be recognized as “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer”. The world-class manufacturer of advanced light-curable adhesives, oligomers, coatings, light-curing equipment, and fluid dispense systems was founded in Torrington 35... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced a bipartisan initiative focused on examining the security of health information... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) were joined by U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) in reintroducing The Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce (BREW) Act, which will stimulate regional economies nationwide with a reduction in the... Read More