WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of 15 United States Senators, led by U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) are seeking the assistance of the Department of Defense in an effort to have the bodies of 21 men who lost their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 exhumed so that they can either be brought home for... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement regarding Facebook’s action to curb the illegal sale of firearms. The company, which also owns Instagram, announced today that it would no longer allow sales posts that have a clear intent to evade the law. For... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Angus King (I-Maine) continued their coordinated effort to highlight the positive impacts the Affordable Care Act is having on millions of Americans throughout the country. During today’s press... Read More

Warn of Russia’s “Provocative and Dangerous Tactics” that Undermine Ukraine’s Unity WASHINGTON—In a letter to President Barack Obama, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Bob Corker, R-Tenn., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Ben Cardin, D-M.D., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Ron Johnson, R-Wis., Edward Markey, D-Mass., John McCain,... Read More

NEW HAVEN—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to ask the agency to immediately alert the public about a telephone scam occurring in Connecticut and around the United States. Murphy urged the FBI to publish the details of this fraud using the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)... Read More

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement on the announcement of the formation of a new government in Ukraine: I congratulate Prime Minister Yatsenyuk and his cabinet on the formation of a coalition government.  This... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) launched a new, coordinated effort in Congress to highlight the positive impacts that the Affordable Care Act is having on millions of low- and middle-income Americans. Over the... Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after the Senate confirmed Connecticut lawyer Jeff Meyer to a U.S. District Court judgeship in the state by a vote of 91-2: “A consummate professional, Jeff Meyer is truly a lawyer’s lawyer and a prosecutor’s prosecutor... Read More

Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) today released the following statement calling for targeted sanctions against Ukrainian persons who have committed, ordered, or materially supported acts of violence against peaceful citizens in Ukraine, or who are complicit in the rollback of... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services released its enrollment numbers for January: These enrollment numbers continue to move in the right direction and show that the Affordable Care Act is working. People across the country—27 percent of whom are... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced the introduction of the Keeping All Students Safe Act, a bill to ensure the effective implementation of positive behavioral interventions in our nations’... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after President Obama signed an Executive Order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for federal contract workers:  Middle class wages just haven't kept pace with the cost of living in Connecticut or across the country. Since the beginning of the... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement on the announcement that Connecticut is one of 16 states to set a new record for export sales in 2013: Connecticut’s manufacturers are the best in the world and today’s... Read More

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding the release of today’s Access Health CT’s enrollment numbers: Access Health CT continues to set the bar for enrollment nationwide. Since our state’s exchange opened on October 1st, it has consistently exceeded enrollment... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a procedural measure to allow for an up or down vote on extending federal unemployment insurance: Today’s vote in the Senate leaves millions of Americans in the lurch as they scramble to make ends meet. Federal support for... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.) led a group of 15 Senators in calling on Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Matthews Burwell, in light of cuts to heating-related assistance in the Farm Bill, to prioritize and increase... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), today announced a key Senate committee’s passage of legislation to bring federal dollars to support the restoration of Long Island Sound. The Long Island Sound Stewardship Act that Senators... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) wrote to college presidents across Connecticut to urge them to join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Tobacco-Free College Campus initiative in order to reduce rates of tobacco-related disease. This initiative was developed by HHS, the American College Health... Read More

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting against the Farm Bill, which the Senate passed by a vote of 68-32. Murphy joined the rest of the Connecticut Congressional delegation in opposing the bill, which is now headed for the President’s desk. There are things to like and things... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement in support of Governor Dan Malloy’s call for raising the minimum wage in Connecticut: Governor Malloy will be a key ally in our continued fight to raise the minimum wage. Middle class wages have simply not kept... Read More