WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 31 of their colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), in introducing legislation to keep immigrant families together by preventing the Department of Homeland Security from taking children from their parents at the border.  The Keep Families Together Act was... Read More about MURPHY, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HALT SEPARATION OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on Friday after the Trump administration announced it would not defend the law against a conservative-backed lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act’s guarantee of health coverage... Read More about MURPHY ON TRUMP TRYING TO BRING BACK PREEXISTING CONDITIONS: “THIS IS DISGUSTING BUT NOT SURPRISING”

HARTFORD, CT – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined the entire U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus in sending a new letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan urging him to schedule a vote on the Senate CRA resolution to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) disastrous decision to repeal the agency’s 2015 net neutrality... Read More about WITH ONLY THREE DAYS UNTIL FCC OFFICIALLY REPEALS NET NEUTRALITY, MURPHY, ENTIRE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS URGE SPEAKER RYAN TO IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULE VOTE ON BIPARTISAN SENATE-PASSED LEGISLATION

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Elizabeth Esty (D-5) applauded $1 million in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding for cleaning up contaminated brownfield properties in... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS $1 MILLION FOR BROWNFIELD CLEANUP

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 38 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, led by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), in demanding the Trump administration stop further traumatizing children and end Trump’s inhumane policy of separating innocent boys... Read More about MURPHY, 39 SENATORS TO TRUMP: UPHOLD OUR AMERICAN AND HUMANITARIAN VALUES AND END YOUR CRUEL POLICY OF SEPARATING CHILDREN FROM PARENTS AT THE BORDER

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday introduced an amendment to the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 that would increase the Buy American requirements on major defense programs to 100% domestic content. The amendment is... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, BALDWIN INTRODUCE “100% BUY AMERICAN” AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Wednesday to introduce Keep Buying American Act of 2018, which requires the federal agencies covered by President Trump’s April 2017 Buy American executive order to... Read More about MURPHY, STABENOW INTRODUCE LEGISLATION REQUIRING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE BUY AMERICAN REPORTS

Hartford, CT)—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced two resolutions commending the Yale University Men’s Lacrosse team for winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship, and the Wesleyan University Men’s Lacrosse team... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL CONGRATULATE YALE AND WESLEYAN MEN’S LACROSSE ON NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP WINS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Tuesday repeatedly pressed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on whether she believed schools are legally permitted to report... Read More about AFTER SIX ATTEMPTS, MURPHY GETS DEVOS TO CONFIRM SCHOOLS CANNOT REPORT STUDENTS TO ICE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Altek Electronics in Torrington is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1972, Altek is a family and veteran-owned business that employs 192 people. They assemble circuit boards, chassis, and control panels for a variety of... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS TORRINGTON MANUFACTURER, ALTEK ELECTRONICS, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed terminating the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments contract with Ah Min Holding, LLC and Emmanuel Ku in the North End of Hartford, including the Clay Arsenal Renaissance Apartments.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON HUD DECISION TO TERMINATE SECTION 8 CONTRACT WITH ABSENTEE LANDLORD IN NORTH END OF HARFORD

Hartford, CT – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Congressmen John Larson (CT-1) and Joe Courtney (CT-2) issued the following statement regarding the decision by the Department of Interior to allow the Tribal-State agreement amendments between the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes and the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, LARSON, COURTNEY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR DECISION ON TRIBAL-STATE AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 14 Senate colleagues and 25 Representatives, led by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL), in introducing a resolution in the House and Senate establishing the weekend of June 1-3, 2018 as... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, INTRODUCE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING “NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Tuesday that Farmington’s Frequency Therapeutics is “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Murphy will be taking a tour of the company and hosting an employee town hall on Wednesday, May 30th at 3pm. Earlier this month, Murphy helped Frequency Therapeutics... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS FARMINGTON INNOVATOR, FREQUENCY THERAPEUTICS, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

HARTFORD – Following the severe storms that struck Connecticut on May, 15, 2018 the office of U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has worked closely with William Hackett, Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Management & Homeland Security (DEMHS), representatives from FEMA and local City and Town officials on the... Read More about MURPHY'S OFFICE STANDS READY TO ASSIST CONNECTICUT STORM VICTIMS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on Friday after securing increased transparency and critical protections against the government purchase of foreign-made unmanned aerial systems, or drones. Despite evidence from the U.S. Department of... Read More about MURPHY SECURES CRITICAL BUY AMERICAN PROTECTIONS AGAINST FOREIGN DRONES IN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 27 of their colleagues, led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), in sending a letter to Secretary Betsy DeVos urging the Department of Education to reverse course on the dismantling of the Student Aid Enforcement Unit’s investigations and to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SENATORS DENOUNCE MOVE BY SECRETARY DEVOS TO END INVESTIGATIONS AND OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM PREDATORY COLLEGES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday voted for the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019, which includes important investments for Connecticut’s farmers. Additionally, Murphy secured... Read More about MURPHY USHERS CRITICAL INVESTMENTS FOR CONNECTICUT FARMERS THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday questioned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) hearing on the administration’s FY 2019 budget request. Murphy, a member of both the SFRC and the Appropriations Committee, pressed Secretary Pompeo on drastic proposed cuts for... Read More about MURPHY QUESTIONS POMPEO ON WORSENING CIVILIAN DEATHS IN YEMEN, COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN THE BALKANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after President Donald Trump canceled the scheduled summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un. “Given how amateurish the rollout and planning for these talks have been, no one should be surprised... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP DECISION TO CANCEL SUMMIT WITH NORTH KOREA