WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) led a bipartisan group of senators in requesting more than $30 million in funding for a federal program that promotes better learning... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of SFRC, and a group of 10 other Democratic senators in raising a series of concerns about the Trump administration’s refugee admissions policy, particularly the... Read More

WASHINGTON - Emphasizing the economic importance of the U.S. maple syrup industry, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a group of senators in calling for funding of the Acer Access and Development Program, which supports the growth of maple syrup production. In a letter addressed to Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) requested $5 million to fund the ConnectHome Initiative, a pilot program created to expand high-speed broadband internet... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committees, led a group of 24 senators in demanding that the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill include at least $52.1 million for the critical... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Trifecta Ecosystems – an urban farming technology company on a mission to create a City that Feeds Itself™ – is “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” In 2012, Glastonbury, Connecticut natives Spencer Curry and Kieran Foran co-founded Trifecta... Read More

HARTFORD — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced Monday that The Carlyle Johnson Machine Company LLC of Bolton is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Carlyle Johnson manufactures industrial clutches, brakes and power transmission systems for the aerospace, agriculture, communications, food processing,... Read More

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks. WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the subcommittee, received a commitment from Vice Admiral Dixon R. Smith of the U.S. Navy and Assistant... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a bipartisan group of 49 Senators, led by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis opposing the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender service members and decrying the Secretary’s... Read More

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Friday after the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) heeded his call to launch an investigation to examine why Eversource – New England’s largest energy provider – has nearly doubled the rate at which it disconnects customers from... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Workforce Mobility Act on Thursday to allow workers to pursue new jobs and higher wages without fearing legal action from their former employers. The new legislation would... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voted against CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s confirmation as Secretary of State.  “I acknowledge there are reasons to vote for Mike Pompeo, but on balance, I simply do not believe he is qualified to become our nation's chief... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced two pieces of legislation on Wednesday to help homeowners in Connecticut burdened by crumbling foundations. In central and eastern Connecticut, homeowners in dozens of towns are dealing with crumbling foundations.  The Aid to Homeowners with... Read More

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies Subcommittee, led a group of senators in requesting funding to make much-needed upgrades and improvements to America’s transportation systems, including to the Northeast... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Tuesday that Marc Nemeth, President of Jonal Laboratories, Inc. – a Meriden-based manufacturer of elastomeric seals for the aerospace industry – will join him in attending French President Emmanuel Macron’s address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded the HELP committee on Tuesday for passing provisions from Murphy’s Recovery COACH Act as part of a bipartisan package of solutions to combat opioid addiction, called the Opioid Crisis Response... Read More

Hartford, CT--- Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative John Larson (D-1) announced $1.4 million in funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund construction projects at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill through the VA State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program.... Read More

Washington, DC – In a letter today to the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Corey Booker (D-N.J.) in urging a swift, aggressive investigation into an unconscionable imposter... Read More

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks. WASHINGTON — During a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee markup of the Opioid Crisis Response Act on Tuesday, Republicans voted down an amendment authored by U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) to hold insurance companies and employers accountable for not... Read More

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Acme Wire Products Co., Inc. of Mystic is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” After learning precision fabrication techniques as an employee at a Connecticut manufacturing firm, Edward J. Planeta founded Acme Wire Products in Norwich,... Read More