WASHINGTON–U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to oppose Republicans’ efforts to roll back the Biden administration’s rule clarifying federal regulations on firearms equipped with stabilizing braces, which allow the conversion of unwieldy large-format pistols into dangerously portable and... Read More about Murphy Speaks on Senate Floor Before Defeating Republican Attempt to Roll Back Gun Safety Regulation: This Vote is ‘Completely Removed From the Conversation That Families and Kids are Having Across This Country’

WASHINGTON–U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to highlight the epidemic of loneliness, why policymakers should care about this problem, and how Congress can be part of the solution. Murphy laid out the factors driving widespread loneliness: “[S]taying in touch electronically is better than... Read More about Murphy: The Right and Left Can Come Together to Address the Epidemic of Loneliness

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Foreign Policy Magazine’s Ravi Agrawal for a discussion on U.S.-Taiwan policy and its impact on transatlantic relations. Murphy highlighted his concerns with making changes to U.S.-Taiwan policy that would increase the... Read More about Murphy Joins FP Magazine Virtual Dialogue On U.S.-Taiwan Policy

HARTFORD–One year after Congress passed the first piece of comprehensive gun safety legislation in three decades, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) last week hosted hundreds of survivors and advocates at the National Safer Communities Summit to celebrate the anniversary of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) and plan for the future... Read More about Murphy, President Biden, Hundreds Of Survivors And Anti-Gun Violence Advocates Gathered In Hartford For National Safer Communities Summit

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday kicked off the National Safer Communities Summit in Hartford, Connecticut. In his opening remarks, Murphy highlighted how far the anti-gun violence movement has come since Sandy Hook and the importance of gathering for this one-day event to celebrate the first anniversary of the... Read More about Murphy At National Safer Communities Summit: The Next Decade Is The Anti-Gun Violence Movement’s Decade

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after a call on Tuesday with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, along with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.): “The situation in Northern Kosovo remains... Read More about Murphy Readout of Call with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic

WASHINGTON–Ahead of Friday’s National Safer Communities Summit, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) authored an op-ed for Hearst Connecticut Media to explain why he’s bringing President Biden and leaders of the anti-gun violence movement from across the country to Connecticut for a one-day summit marking one year since the passage... Read More about Murphy Op-Ed for Hearst Connecticut Media: Biden Coming to CT Shows Strength of Gun Safety Movement

WASHINGTON–U.S Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in introducing the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act to help all victims of gun violence—from survivors to their loved ones, coworkers, and classmates—identify and access the resources available to them to... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Support Victims of Gun Violence

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) reintroduced legislation to strengthen school-based mental health services for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The Mental Health Services for Students Act would help... Read More about Murphy, Smith Introduce Legislation to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for Students

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing exploring the causes of the youth mental health crisis and potential solutions. Murphy highlighted recent investments to address the mental health crisis, including more than $15 billion from the... Read More about Murphy: Social Media Is The Most Immediate Policy Concern Congress Can Tackle To Address Youth Mental Health

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Governor Ned Lamont signed into the law House Bill 5004, which will allow early voting in Connecticut and bring the state in line with the vast majority of other states in nation. The law requires that Connecticut municipalities offer 14 days of early voting... Read More about Murphy Applauds Signing of Law to Allow Early Voting in Connecticut

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Thursday to reintroduce the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act, legislation outlining a comprehensive vision for the United States to uphold and defend... Read More about During Pride, Murphy, Markey, Shaheen, Merkley Reintroduce Legislation On U.S. Leadership Advancing LGBTQ Rights On World Stage

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb) on Wednesday released a... Read More about Murphy, Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call for Calm Between Kosovo and Serbia Amid Clashes

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to extend and expand the Maple Research and Market Promotion Program, which supports the U.S. maple syrup industry through research and education, natural resource sustainability,... Read More about Murphy, Shaheen Introduce Legislation to Support Maple Syrup Producers

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Governor Ned Lamont signed new comprehensive legislation to reduce gun violence and prevent firearm accidents and suicides in Connecticut. “It’s no coincidence that Connecticut has both some of the strongest gun laws in the country and one of the... Read More about Murphy Applauds Connecticut’s Comprehensive Gun Violence Prevention Legislation Signed Into Law

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider Transmission Developers Incorporated’s (TDI) application for funding to develop the New England Clean Power Link,... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Send Letter to Department of Energy on New England Clean Power Link Proposal

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Halda Therapeutics, based in New Haven, was named “Innovator of the Month.” Halda is a biotechnology company developing a new class of precision medicines, called RIPTAC™ therapeutics, that work by utilizing a novel “hold and kill” mechanism as an... Read More about Murphy Highlights New Haven's Halda Therapeutics as "Innovator of the Month"

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to raise the debt ceiling: “Whether or not we pay our bills should never have been up for negotiation, but I appreciate that President Biden kept Speaker McCarthy’s most extreme demands out of the final... Read More about Murphy Statement on Vote to Raise the Debt Ceiling

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, on Tuesday chaired a hearing on the FY 2024 budget request for the Middle East and North Africa with Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and... Read More about Murphy: Too Much of Our MENA Assistance Is Locked in Decades-Old Assumptions

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki to discuss the White House’s agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to prevent the federal government from defaulting on its debt. Murphy also discussed Russia’s incentive to meddle in the 2024 election given top Republican... Read More about Murphy On MSNBC: I’m Going to Look at the Deal, But Biden Kept the Most Reckless Things Republicans Wanted Out of the Agreement