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  • October 25, 2019
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urging President Trump to nominate the first U.S. Ambassador to Sudan since 1997. In a letter, the senators highlighted the importance of strong U.S.... Read More
  • October 24, 2019
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) slammed Senate Republicans for rejecting efforts to allow states like Connecticut to help restore the SALT deduction for taxpayers. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval that failed the Senate yesterday would have nullified the Internal... Read More
  • October 24, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday questioned Matthew A. Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, on the successes and unfinished business in the Western Balkans. Specifically, Murphy pressed Palmer about the White House... Read More
  • October 23, 2019
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to use its existing statutory authority to issue and enforce Made in the USA labeling regulations. Although the FTC has the statutory authority to issue... Read More
  • October 23, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday joined the Center for American Progress to make the case that there is no corner of the globe that has been made safer after nearly three years of the Trump administration’s foreign policy. In his speech, Murphy stepped... Read More
  • October 23, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday gave remarks at the Center for American Progress to make the case that there is no corner of the globe that has been made safer after nearly three years of the Trump administration’s foreign policy. In his speech, Murphy... Read More
  • October 23, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Tuesday questioned Special Representative for Syria Engagement at the U.S. State Department James Jeffrey and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of... Read More
  • October 22, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday made the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to ratify North Macedonia as NATO’s 30th member. The vote was 91-2. “This is an historic day for the people of North Macedonia, the NATO alliance, and the free... Read More
  • October 22, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday made the following statement on the announcement of a Turkey-Russia deal on Syria: “This agreement locks in Erdogan’s land grab in Syria and opens the door for further violence against the Syrian people. Not only did... Read More
  • October 22, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday announced that he cosponsored the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019. Originally introduced by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the bill... Read More
  • October 22, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today introduced a resolution recognizing October as Dyslexia Awareness Month. “I hear from parents in Connecticut who tell me how they struggle to get their children with dyslexia the attention and special instruction they need,” said Murphy. “We... Read More
  • October 22, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday joined the Hudson Institute’s speaker series: “Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs” for a moderated conversation with Walter Russell Mead. Murphy recently penned a piece for the Atlantic in... Read More
  • October 22, 2019
    WASHIGNTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Monday delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor on the importance of protecting pre-existing conditions and the Trump administration’s continued efforts to sabotage the American health care system.... Read More
  • October 18, 2019
    HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Friday held a press conference touting newly introduced bipartisan legislation to protect American workers. Earlier this week Murphy introduced the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of... Read More
  • October 17, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, on Thursday released the following statement after the U.S. and Turkey announced a five day ceasefire:   “There isn't any response but to be grateful... Read More
  • October 17, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday made the following statement: “The White House Chief of Staff just openly admitted that the Trump administration was holding up military aid for Ukraine to get them to investigate President Trump’s political... Read More
  • October 17, 2019
    Click Here for Episode on Vox’s Worldly Podcast WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday joined Vox’s Worldly podcast for a conversation about Syria, Ukraine and progressive foreign policy. Murphy recently penned a piece for the Atlantic in which he makes... Read More
  • October 17, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday made the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution that would roll back the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule: “Climate change threatens our planet and national... Read More
  • October 17, 2019
    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) this week introduced the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of non-compete agreements that negatively impact American workers. Murphy and Young recently led a bipartisan Senate letter urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to... Read More
  • October 17, 2019
    WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday introduced a resolution that affirms the importance of access to safe, quality education—including protection from attacks on schools—for children in conflict zones. U.S. Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) and... Read More

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