HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday released the following statement after President Biden signed into law the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act. The legislation, which Murphy reintroduced in... Read More about Murphy Applauds National Plan To End Parkinson’s Act Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday joined U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and 9 of their Senate colleagues in urging U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to take steps to rectify Hawai‘i’s exclusion from the North Atlantic Treaty... Read More about Murphy, Schatz, Schmitt, Colleagues Call For Protections For Hawaii Under North Atlantic Treaty

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash to discuss President Biden and the stakes of the 2024 presidential election. In his discussion with Dana Bash, Murphy highlighted the threat Donald Trump poses to the future of democracy and reaffirmed his longstanding support for President Biden... Read More about Murphy On CNN's State Of The Union: The President Says He Can Do It. I Trust That He Can.

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States, which ruled that former President Donald Trump has presidential immunity from criminal prosecution of federal election subversion charges related to the January 6th insurrection:   “Today, the Supreme... Read More about Murphy Statement on Supreme Court Decision Granting Trump Absolute Immunity For Actions on January 6th

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn forty years of precedent in striking down the Chevron doctrine. Since the 1973 Chevron ruling, the judiciary has deferred to a federal agency’s interpretation of legislation. “Today’s ruling is further proof that the... Read More about Murphy Statement On Supreme Court Decision Overturning 40 Years of Precedent, Kneecapping Federal Agencies' Ability to Interpret Laws

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision dismissing the appeal from Idaho to allow the State’s law banning abortion to supersede the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law that requires hospitals receiving Medicare funding to provide... Read More about Murphy Statement On Supreme Court EMTALA Decision’s Lack Of Clarity For Women And Doctors In States With Abortion Bans

LOS ANGELES–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined leading anti-violence experts, advocates, and practitioners at the 2024 Community Violence Intervention Conference for a conversation about the impact of community violence intervention (CVI) efforts and the future of the movement. In his remarks, Murphy shared his experience becoming an... Read More about Murphy At 2024 Giffords Center CVI Conference: We Are On The Cusp Of Transformative Changes To Gun Safety Laws And Violence Intervention

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released the first ever Surgeon General Advisory on the public health crisis of firearm violence in America: “Surgeon General Advisories have the rare ability to cut through the political noise and help us understand the biggest... Read More about Murphy Statement On Surgeon General Advisory Declaring Gun Violence A Major Public Health Threat

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative John Larson (D-Conn.-01) on Wednesday announced three Connecticut projects will receive a total of $21.7 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2024 RAISE grant program awards. “RAISE grants are a great way... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Larson Announce $21.7 Million For Projects To Improve Pedestrian And Traffic Safety

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced they will introduce the Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales (ARMAS) Act to help stem the flow of U.S.-manufactured weapons across the Americas, which threatens... Read More about Murphy, Cardin, Kaine, Durbin To Introduce Legislation To Disrupt Illicit Flow Of U.S. Weapons Across Hemisphere

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention’s report outlining the implementation and impact of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) two years following its passage. “Gun murder rates in our cities are plummeting, and there's no doubt the... Read More about Murphy Statement On Biden Administration's Report On Implementation Of The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that CREW Carbon, a carbon dioxide (CO2) removal company based in New Haven, was named “Innovator of the Month.” CREW’s technology uses naturally occurring minerals to absorb and remove CO2 produced during wastewater treatment while making the treatment process more effective,... Read More about Murphy Highlights New Haven's Crew Carbon As "Innovator of the Month"

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Rahimi: “This ruling reaffirms what more than 80 percent of Americans believe: domestic abusers should not have access to firearms. And, for good reason. On average, approximately 70 women are murdered at the hands of... Read More about Murphy Statement On Supreme Court Decision In U.S. v. Rahimi Upholding Legislation To Keep Guns Away From Domestic Abusers

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday joined U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Robert C.... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, 61 Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Double Pell Grant, Make College More Affordable

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 42 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a bipartisan Senate resolution recognizing Juneteenth Independence Day. Text is below, and the full resolution is available here. “Whereas news of the end of slavery did not reach the frontier areas of the United... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Recognizing Juneteenth

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor after Senate Republicans objected to passing by unanimous consent the Banning Unlawful Machinegun Parts (BUMP) Act, legislation to statutorily ban the sale of deadly bump stock devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to rapidly fire multiple rounds like... Read More about Murphy: The Only Reason You Need A Bump Stock Is To Engage In Mass Murder

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday hosted Rob Wilcox, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP), for a social live discussion on the implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). In their conversation, Murphy and Wilcox discussed how BSCA has helped drive down gun violence... Read More about Murphy Discusses Success Of BSCA With White House Office Of Gun Violence Deputy Director Rob Wilcox

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism held a hearing on President Biden’s fiscal year 2025 funding request for the Middle East and North Africa with Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs,... Read More about Murphy Chairs Hearing On FY25 Budget Request For Middle East And North Africa

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement on President Biden’s Executive Actions to protect undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and streamline access to work visas for Dreamers with employment offers: “It’s no secret our current immigration system is not only broken, but unfair. Today’s actions... Read More about Murphy Statement On President Biden's Executive Actions To Keep Families Together And Ease Work Authorizations For Dreamers

WASHINGTON—Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor about the lessons learned from the failed police response to the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas two years ago. In his speech, Murphy... Read More about Murphy: Putting More Guns And Police In Our Schools Does Not Make Our Kids Safer