WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: How the Drug Delivery System Affects What Patients Pay”, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Committee, berated Congressional Republicans for secretly trying to force a health... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and a group of senators on Monday in urging the U.S. Department of State to maintain economic and political engagement with Cuba. Upholding normalized relations with Cuba provides key economic... Read More

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Elizabeth Esty (D-5) released the names of the Connecticut students who have been appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Thursday on former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee: “It’s hard to overstate the impact of Jim Comey’s testimony today. For the first time, under oath and penalty of perjury, the former FBI... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and a bipartisan group of 36 other senators in calling for increased funding for the Impact Aid Program in the FY 2018 budget. In a letter to Chairman Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member... Read More

WASHINGTON – After Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continued to defend her criticisms of East Hartford High School as an “adult day care”, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees, criticized DeVos for her plan to cut... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday criticized Congressional Republicans’ American Health Care Act, which would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and middle-class tax credits to pay for massive tax breaks for the... Read More

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $450,000 in federal funding and technical assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support brownfield sites in... Read More

WASHINGTON – After President Trump proposed to eliminate the National Sea Grant College Program from his FY 2018 budget, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, led a bipartisan group of 25 other senators in calling for the program to be funded – at a minimum – at its current... Read More

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that “allnex” of Wallingford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” The company develops and manufactures coating resins and additives for the architectural, automotive, consumer electronics, and packaging markets, as well as other... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Friday marking June 2nd as National Gun Violence Awareness Day. People across the country are participating in the “Wear Orange” campaign today in honor of Hadiya Pendleton – a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed in 2013 just one week after... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, led a group of 22 other senators in calling for robust funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) – the only federal community... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, released a statement on Thursday after President Trump announced that he will withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Climate Agreement is the... Read More

Hartford, CT)—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $3.9 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).  The... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) encouraged Connecticut communities and healthcare providers on Thursday to apply for assistance through the U.S. Department... Read More

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Wednesday that Wesleyan University’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) is this month’s “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Founded in May 2011, the PCSE provides workshops, training, mentoring, and networking... Read More

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) wrote leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations subcommittee seeking repeal of the misguided and outdated mandate requiring the sale of Plum Island. “It is imperative the sale requirement be repealed for two... Read More

HARTFORD – During a meeting in Meriden, Connecticut, with family caregivers, advocates, providers, and consumers of home care, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced the reintroduction of his Social Security Caregiver Credit Act – legislation that will create a Social Security Caregiver credit and provide modest retirement... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Vice Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, sent a letter to Education Secretary DeVos to raise concerns about the Department of... 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 22 senators on Thursday in demanding that the FY 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill include $52.1 million for the... Read More