HARTFORD—On Friday, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) held a media availability to the ongoing protests following the murder of George Floyd, and action Congress should take to address the racial disparities in policing, education and health care. “I'm proud of these protesters. I'm heartbroken that this moment... Read More about NATIONWIDE PROTESTS: MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL HOLD JOINT AVAILABILITY TO DISCUSS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday recognized the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre: “Thirty-one years ago, peaceful protestors gathered in Tiananmen Square to demand their universal rights in China, only to be met with brutal military force. Today we... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ANNIVERSARY OF TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Thursday pressed college presidents on safely reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Murphy has previously questioned CDC and other government officials for guidance on reopening and testing, particularly as it relates to... Read More about DURING COMMITTEE HEARING WITH COLLEGE PRESIDENTS ON REOPENING DURING COVID-19, MURPHY PRESSED COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS ON THEIR PLANS TO SAFELY BRING BACK COLLEGE ATHLETICS

WASHINGTON—After large numbers of unidentified law enforcement officers began patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C. this week, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday announced legislation requiring unidentified law enforcement officers and members of the Armed Forces to clearly identify... Read More about MURPHY, SCHUMER ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION REQUIRING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND THEIR AGENCY

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday issued the following statement following the announcement that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will elevate charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd while adding charges of aiding and abetting murder against the other three officers at the... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON NEW CHARGES AGAINST THE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH, PEACEFUL PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley voicing... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL URGE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO REFRAIN FROM USING U.S. MILITARY TO SUPPRESS NATIONWIDE PROTESTS

HARTFORD—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Jahana Hayes (D-5) with Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner Joe Giulietti announced the state has been awarded $224.3 in federal... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES CT AWARDED $490 MILLION GRANT TO CTDOT FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday joined NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell for a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations. Murphy and Mitchell discussed the geopolitical ramifications of COVID-19, the Trump administration’s Hong Kong... Read More about MURPHY: WE CAN’T WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE TURNED THE CORNER ON CORONAVIRUS TO FIX THE MISTAKES THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN), along with 24 colleagues, to call on the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an investigation into the patterns and practices of racially discriminatory and violent policing in the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY & VIOLENT POLICING AT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday made the following statement in response to President Trump’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO): “Leaving the WHO in the middle of a pandemic that is killing 2,000 Americans a... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHDRAWING FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that New Haven start-up, Rallybio, has been named “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Founded in 2018, Rallybio is a biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to identify and accelerate the development of transformative therapies for patients with severe and rare disorders. Founders... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEW HAVEN INNOVATOR, RALLYBIO, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 20 of their Senate colleagues joined a letter led by Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urging Senate leadership to provide emergency assistance to nonprofit museums in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Senators asked to direct $2 billion to nonprofit museums... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, BOOKER, 20 COLLEAGUES IN URGING SENATE LEADERSHIP TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT MUSEUMS IN THE NEXT COVID-19 PACKAGE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), introduced the Global Health Security and Diplomacy Act (GHSDA), legislation to better detect, deter, and contain infectious disease outbreaks overseas before... Read More about MURPHY, RISCH, CARDIN INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL HEALTH BILL TO PREVENT FUTURE PANDEMICS

HARTFORD—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Governor Ned Lamont, U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4), and Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner Joseph J. Giulietti announced CTDOT will receive $29,900,000 through a Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair grant. The... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, LAMONT, HIMES ANNOUNCE DOT AWARDED $29 MILLION GRANT TO REPLACE WALK RIVER BRIDGE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement after the Trump administration announced the intention to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty on Thursday: "Withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty a disastrous national security decision by the Trump administration... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S WITHDRAWAL FROM OPEN SKIES TREATY

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined by Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced the NICS Data Integrity Act, a bill that would allow the FBI to maintain gun-purchase records until background checks are complete. Under current law, the FBI is required to purge incomplete background checks from its... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE GUN SAFETY BILL TO ENSURE COMPLETION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a resolution in the Senate introduced by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) establishing June 5, 2020, as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” and designating June as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month.” U.S. Representative... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING “NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY”

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, 18 Senate Democrats, led by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and U.S. Senate Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), expressed grave concern regarding unilateral annexation of Palestinian territory potentially as early as July. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense... Read More about 18 SENATE DEMOCRATS, LED BY MURPHY, KAINE, & VAN HOLLEN, CAUTION ISRAEL AGAINST UNILATERAL ANNEXATION OF WEST BANK TERRITORY

WASHINGTON—Just hours after President Trump threatened to permanently leave the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration for abdicating U.S. leadership in the fight against COVID-19 and Senate Republicans’ refusal to allow for a simple vote on Senator Durbin’s resolution to... Read More about MURPHY: TRUMP IS GIFTING CHINA POWER AND INFLUENCE BY REFUSING TO TAKE PART IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND GLOBAL EFFORTS TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week announced bipartisan support for legislation he introduced last year with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the amount of personal protective equipment (PPE) it procures from American companies. Murphy, Shaheen, and... Read More about MURPHY ANNOUNCES BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR BILL TO BOLSTER DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PPE