WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to the Pakistani Taliban’s brutal attack on a military-run school in northwestern Pakistan: The brutal slaughter of more than 140 innocent civilians, mostly school children, by the Taliban in Peshawar, Pakistan shocks the conscience. My... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the confirmation of Dr. Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General. Murthy received his M.B.A. and M.D. from Yale University. Over the last 17 months, our country has been without a surgeon general -- all because of the political agenda of a handful of... Read More

SUFFIELD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that United Gear & Machine Company, Inc. will be recognized as “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer”. United Gear is a 60-year-old, family-run manufacturer that serves the military and commercial aerospace industries. The company has operated out of Suffield since... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on passage of the omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2015. This bill will fund government operations through September, 2015. Voting for the budget bill today was a tough decision for me. The process that led to this package is another... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on final passage of the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). A large spending authorization bill like the NDAA will always have a lot to be happy about, and a lot to be displeased with too. The inclusion of a provision authorizing U.S. military... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced he will join two new U.S. Senate Committees in the 114th Congress. Murphy will join the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, which is responsible for funding all of the federal government’s agencies, departments, and organizations. As a member of the Appropriations... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on his vote in the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in favor of a limited authorization for use of military force (AUMF) against ISIL. Murphy's provision requiring the administration to provide Congress with a clear political and diplomatic... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that he introduced the Students Before Profits Act to help protect students from deceptive practices and bad actors in the for-profit college sector. Drafted jointly with HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the Students Before Profits Act will put power back in... Read More

HARTFORD – Connecticut’s Congressional delegation and Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that Connecticut has been awarded nearly $12.5 million in discretionary federal funding to expand high-quality preschool. The funding was awarded by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services through a competitive... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement after today’s hearing titled “Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against ISIL”. Today’s hearing with Secretary Kerry underscored the need for an... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. This report makes clear what we’ve known for years. The ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques used by the Central... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, as House Republicans continue to vow to repeal the Affordable Care Act and hold a hearing titled, “Examining ObamaCare Transparency Failures”, Senate Democrats released data and key points refuting Republican claims and demonstrating the clear transparency of the process that led to the passage of the ACA.... Read More

MILFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Alinabal Holdings, Inc. will be recognized as “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer”. Founded in 1960, the Alinabal Group of Milford is a diversified manufacturer with four distinct business divisions that manufacture products for the defense, aerospace, industrial,... Read More

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Honor Flight Act (H.R. 4812) which he introduced in the Senate. The Honor Flight Act, which was introduced in the House by U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-La.), will cut down on cumbersome pre-flight screening processes... Read More

Hartford – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued a statement today after the House of Representatives approved the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act with language to establish a new unit of the National Park System within the Coltsville Historic District: “Today’s vote... Read More

WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement regarding Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Menendez’s decision to hold a debate and vote on legislation to authorize the use of military force against ISIL. I continue to... Read More

NEW MILFORD – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) announced that Rebuilding Together of Litchfield County will receive a $50,000 Housing Preservation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The funds will help low-income families in... Read More

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Austin Organs, Inc. will be recognized as “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer”. In 1893, brothers John T. Austin and Basil G. Austin established the Austin Organ Company with financial backing from Hartford businessmen. Just 6 years later, the manufacturer... Read More

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement regarding the extension of the Iran nuclear talks: While I am disappointed that there was not a comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear program reached today in Vienna, the... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement on the United States' new commitment to support the Ukrainian people, and the need to prepare new sanctions against Russia: There is no need to mince words here; Russia’s invasion... Read More