WASHINGTON – After an investigation by WTNH News 8 revealed that the rate at which Eversource – New England’s largest energy provider – has disconnected customers from electricity for nonpayment has nearly doubled in the last two years, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory... Read More about MURPHY CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO WHY EVERSOURCE SHUTOFFS DOUBLED IN JUST TWO YEARS

Confirmation Hearing Video #1: Click here to view video of Murphy questioning Pompeo in the 1st round of questioningConfirmation Hearing Video #2: Click here to view video of Murphy questioning Pompeo in the 2nd round of questioning WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee,... Read More about MURPHY QUESTIONS POMPEO DURING SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CONFIRMATION HEARING

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks.  WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) touted the success of the Eastern Connecticut Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative and invited U.S.... Read More about MURPHY RECEIVES COMMITMENT FROM SECRETARY ACOSTA TO VISIT EASTERN CONNECTICUT’S MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE PIPELINE INITIATIVE

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks. WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – co-author of the Mental Health Reform Act signed into law in 2016 – questioned U.S. Secretary... Read More about MURPHY QUESTIONS SECRETARY ACOSTA ABOUT UNEQUAL INSURANCE COVERAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks. WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on Thursday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – co-author of the Mental Health Reform Act signed into law in 2016 – questioned U.S. Secretary... Read More about MURPHY QUESTIONS SECRETARY ACOSTA ABOUT UNEQUAL INSURANCE COVERAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks.  WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Wednesday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – a member of the HELP Committee and co-author of the bipartisan Recovery COACH Act to expand access to recovery coaches for people... Read More about MURPHY TOUTS CONNECTICUT AS MODEL, URGES PASSAGE OF HIS BIPARTISAN RECOVERY COACH BILL TO STEM THE OPIOID CRISIS

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced a Senate resolution designating April 11, 2018 as the “Sesquicentennial of Connecticut’s Navy Installation.” 150 years ago today, the Naval Submarine Base New London became a naval yard and storage deport for the United States... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL COMMEMORATE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINS OF NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Berlin’s Cambridge Specialty Company, Inc. is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1952, Cambridge Specialty manufactures complex aerospace components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BERLIN MANUFACTURER, CAMBRIDGE SPECIALTY COMPANY, INC. AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

Hartford, CT—Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation applauded the approval of $8.08 million in Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) that will generate $79.9 million in equity from private investors for affordable multifamily housing developments in East Haven, Hartford, Montville, and Norwalk.  The LIHTC program... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS $8.08 MILLION TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday honored LT Rev. Thomas M. Conway, a Waterbury resident and American hero who sacrificed his life to care for fellow sailors after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945, during World War II. Murphy placed a statement in the Congressional Record honoring Father Conway... Read More about MURPHY HONORS FATHER CONWAY IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

WASHINGTON – During a roundtable with state and local elected officials, developers, and community members from across Connecticut, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced today the introduction of his legislation – called the Creating Livable Environments and New Usable Property (CLEAN UP) Act – to incentivize the cleanup... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES ‘CLEAN UP ACT’ TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF CONNECTICUT’S OLD FACTORIES & BROWNFIELDS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Monday on U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty’s (CT-5) announcement that she will not seek re-election in 2018: “Elizabeth is a friend and a colleague, who has fought hard on behalf of the people she represents for the past six years. I have spoken to... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ESTY DECISION TO NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION

HARTFORD - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that Collab, a startup located in New Haven, is this month’s “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Collab supports early-stage entrepreneurs based in Connecticut by providing them with capital, mentorship, and other resources. Co-directors Margaret Lee and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEW HAVEN INNOVATOR, COLLAB, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Horberg Industries, Inc. of Bridgeport is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” William Horberg founded the company as a precision grinding business in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1935. Since then, Horberg Industries has expanded and refined... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BRIDGEPORT MANUFACTURER, HORBERG INDUSTRIES, INC. AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led HELP Committee Democrats in calling on Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to hold a HELP hearing as soon as... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, HELP COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS REQUEST COMMITTEE HEARING ON CAUSES & REMEDIES OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

WASHINGTON — After hearing directly from concerned Connecticut residents, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labeling of products that contain sesame or... Read More about MURPHY LEADS GROUP IN CALLING ON FDA TO LABEL AND REGULATE ALL SESAME PRODUCTS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Saturday in support of the ‘March For Our Lives’ movements organized across Connecticut. “Ninety people in this country die every single day from gun violence – a rate higher than any other industrialized nation in the world. Most politicians only... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ‘MARCH FOR OUR LIVES’

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced that the Omnibus Appropriations bill, which passed Congress last night, includes $12 million in federal funding for Long... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION ANNOUNCES OVER $88 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR KEY PROGRAMS TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT WATERS & COASTAL COMMUNITIES

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have joined U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) in introducing the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Support Reauthorization Act to ensure that children’s hospitals have the support they need to provide adequate... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS & TRAIN PEDIATRICIANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement on Friday after voting to support the $1.3 trillion bipartisan FY18 Omnibus Appropriations bill that funds the government through September 30th. The funding package makes major investments in Connecticut priorities... Read More about MURPHY SUPPORTS BIPARTISAN OMNIBUS THAT MAKES MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN CONNECTICUT