U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn), led by Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), sent a letter signed by 25 Senate colleagues to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) urging him to bring the $1.1 billion Zika funding legislation passed by the Senate to the House floor for a vote. As of today,... Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval, S.J.Res 39, to block the U.S. sale of Abrams tanks and associated major defense articles to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Pentagon announced the proposed sale, totaling $1.15 billion, in... Read More

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced today that the Department of Agriculture declared that in conjunction with Providence County, RI being named a disaster area due to the ongoing drought, farmers in neighboring Windham County, CT, are eligible to request emergency... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, applauded the announcement from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Thursday of new guidance for school resource officers. Specifically, the Departments provided new guidelines for local schools that use school resource... Read More

Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, called on Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to posthumously nominate Air Force Sergeant John Chapman for the Medal of Honor. Sergeant Chapman was raised in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and died in 2002 while on a mission in Afghanistan. His widow, Valerie... Read More

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday called on Congressional leaders to stop playing politics with the Zika emergency and immediately pass the bipartisan compromise bill that passed the Senate in May. Murphy, who served as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and the conference committee negotiating the Zika virus... Read More

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-3), John Larson (D-1), and Joe Courtney (D-2) announced $700,000 in Drug-Free Communities Support Program grants from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to provide local community coalitions in Bristol, Guilford,... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the for-profit ITT Technical Institute announced it is closing following various state and federal investigations and U.S. Department of Education sanctions. As a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Murphy applauded... Read More

Today, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Congressman John Larson (D-1), Congressman Joe Courtney (D-2), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Congressman Jim Himes (D-4), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-5) announced more than $3 million in federal grants under the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive... Read More

 In a letter sent today to the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 18 senators led by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in expressing their serious concerns about the company's recent significant price hikes for the life-saving EpiPen Auto-Injector. The senators raised... Read More

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Phoenix Manufacturing Inc., a certified woman-owned small business in Enfield, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Phoenix manufactures precision machined components, such as gearbox housings, diffusers, heat sinks, and bracket... Read More

WASHINGTON — Following a report by the Waterbury Republican-American detailing a string of delays, interruptions, and other service lapses this month along the Metro-North Waterbury Branch Line, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) and U.S. Representative... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced several new sanctions on the for-profit college chain, ITT Technical Institutes, which has recently been the subject of various state and federal investigations. As a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education,... Read More

HARTFORD – 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 Elizabeth Esty (D-5) today announced $1,728,172 in federal funds to support fire departments in Fairfield, Enfield and New Britain,... Read More

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded the Obama administration on Thursday for offering support and assistance to Italy following the devastating earthquake there earlier this week.  “My heart goes out to the communities in central Italy as they cope with the devastating aftermath of the earthquake.... Read More

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) visited NanoViricides, Inc., a Shelton-based company working to develop nanotechnology-based anti-viral medicines, on Wednesday. Murphy joined founder Dr. Anil Diwan for a tour of the facility and then hosted a town hall with the company’s thirty employees. Two years ago,... Read More

HARTFORD –Weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed comprehensive mental health reform, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Commissioner Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Stamford Mayor David Martin, State Senator Carlo Leone (D-27), State... Read More

HARTFORD – In response to today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it will purchase $20 million worth of surplus dairy products to help stabilize the dairy market, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) urged USDA to do more to help dairy farmers. Farm milk prices have dropped almost 40%in the last few... Read More

(Hartford, CT) – In a letter today to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) called on the Navy to suspend any possible plans to shift maintenance of the Marine One Presidential helicopter fleet from... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after 13 people were shot and wounded at a house party early Sunday morning: "The news of last night's mass shooting in Bridgeport is infuriating - I'm simply unable to contemplate the evil behind such contempt for human life. I'm overwhelmingly grateful that... Read More