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  • June 16, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement:“We’ve continued to make progress over the last two days and have finalized agreement on the majority of our framework’s provisions. Our staff is currently drafting legislative text on those areas of agreement as we work through the final sticking points. I... Read More
  • June 13, 2022
    HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday held a press conference in Hartford to lay out what’s in the bipartisan gun safety framework and how this historic legislation will break a three decades long logjam on anti-gun violence legislation.Murphy laid out the five ways the framework will change gun laws: “The first, thanks to Senator... Read More
  • June 12, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Cory Booker (D- N.J.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mark Kelly... Read More
  • June 09, 2022
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on Thursday at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing on America’s role in supporting Europe’s energy diversification agenda with Amos Hochstein, Senior Advisor for Energy Security at the U.S. Department of State.Murphy highlighted the importance of investing in energy security... Read More
  • June 09, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.),  and 21 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to immediately issue an executive order directing the federal government to develop a national plan to defend... Read More
  • June 08, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement after meeting with Mayor of New York City Eric Adams:“New York, like so many cities in Connecticut, is plagued by the kind of daily gun violence that destroys families but rarely makes the headlines. I was glad to meet with Mayor Adams to hear more about... Read More
  • June 08, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement after meeting with Steve Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) nominee:“As more than 100 people die by gun violence every day, it’s unacceptable that the agency responsible for enforcing federal gun laws and... Read More
  • June 05, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper to discuss the latest on bipartisan negotiations on gun reform.“I've never been part of negotiations as serious as these. There are more Republicans at the table talking about changing our gun laws and investing in mental health than at... Read More
  • June 02, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after President Biden’s address to the nation:“President Biden is right – doing nothing is not an option. Over the last week, I have been in almost constant communication with my colleagues to find common ground on a meaningful, bipartisan package that will... Read More
  • June 02, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) authored an op-ed on FoxNews.com to lay out the state of bipartisan negotiations on gun reform and push back on the disinformation campaign about the gun violence prevention movement.On the gun lobby’s campaign to distort his intentions to find a bipartisan compromise on commonsense gun reform, Murphy... Read More
  • May 31, 2022
    HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Playbl, based in New Haven, has been named May’s “Innovator of the Month.” Playbl, a spin-out company from the play2PREVENT (p2P) Lab at the Yale Center for Health and Learning Games, produces evidence-informed digital health games to promote wellness and risk prevention for young people.... Read More
  • May 31, 2022
    HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday joined gun violence prevention advocates in Hartford to call for action on gun safety legislation following the tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.“I wish this country was willing to step up and have a conversation about the... Read More
  • May 29, 2022
    HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined ABC’s This Week and CBS’ Face the Nation to discuss the tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas and the urgency for Congress to act.On bipartisan negotiations in the Senate, Murphy said: “[T]here are more Republicans interested in talking about finding a path forward this time than I have ever... Read More
  • May 26, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act:“After the tragedies in Buffalo, Laguna Woods, and Uvalde, this was an opportunity to begin the debate on how to respond. We missed that chance today, but it’s not the... Read More
  • May 25, 2022
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing with Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley on the JCPOA negotiations and United States’ policy on Iran moving forward.Murphy laid out the three ways to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon: “You have economic pressure, you have... Read More
  • May 24, 2022
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday took to the U.S. Senate floor following today’s devastating shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.“14 kids dead in an elementary school in Texas right now. What are we doing? What are we doing?” Murphy asked his colleagues. “Just days after a shooter walked into a grocery store... Read More
  • May 24, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and a bipartisan group of 79 Senators in a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite the Executive Branch’s process to advance Sweden and Finland’s... Read More
  • May 24, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in a letter urging Abbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford to provide relief to state WIC programs and the mothers they serve.Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont jointly contract with Abbott... Read More
  • May 19, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after voting in favor of invoking cloture on the motion to proceed on the Continuing Emergency Support for Restaurants Act:“The past two years have been incredibly challenging for local restaurants, and many still need our help. That’s why today I voted to... Read More
  • May 19, 2022
    WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday released the following statement after Senate passage of the Ukraine assistance package:“The resiliency and heroism of the Ukrainian people have defied all expectations since the beginning of this war, and the next few weeks are... Read More

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