HARTFORD — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after it was announced that a Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital worker tested positive for COVID-19.  “We always knew it was a matter of when, not... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS REACHING CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday held a press conference after the U.S. Senate voted 96-1 to approve $8.3 billion in emergency funding to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. Connecticut is expected to receive millions of dollars in aid to support state efforts to prepare for and combat a potential... Read More about MURPHY TO THE ADMINISTRATION: DON’T PAINT A ROSIER PICTURE THAN WHAT EXISTS ON CORONAVIRUS TEST KIT AVAILABILITY

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 Friday made the following statement: “I’m relieved to see that Putin and Erdogan agreed to a ceasefire in Syria. The recent escalation of violence in Idlib has pushed the... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON RUSSIA-TURKEY CEASEFIRE DEAL

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Rosa DeLauro (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-3), Joe Courtney (CT-4) and Jahana Hayes (CT-5) sent a letter to Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to express concern about the... Read More about MURPHY, CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION URGE CDC TO PROVIDE MORE COVID-19 TESTING KITS FOR CT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questioned the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) Head Lea Gabrielle this week about the center’s work—specifically around the coronavirus misinformation abroad—and what additional resources it needs to carry out its mission more... Read More about MURPHY: WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES DOES THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER NEED TO FIGHT PROPAGANDA ABROAD?

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday pressed U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos during a U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing on the administration’s FY 2021 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education. Murphy specifically pressed DeVos on her... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES SECRETARY DEVOS ON SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT PRACTICES, PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE CRITICAL CIVIL RIGHTS DATA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Protect Our Care held a press call on Thursday to discuss the president’s coronavirus response and how his failure to adequate prepare America for this public health crisis makes us less safe. On the seriousness of... Read More about MURPHY: THERE IS NOTHING POLITICAL ABOUT CALLING THE ADMINISTRATION OUT FOR ITS MISHANDLING OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND FAILURE TO PROTECT AMERICANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after a report issued by OUTVETS and the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School and Veterans Legal Services said that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) systemically turned away veterans with Other Than Honorable... Read More about AMID A REPORT THAT THE VA HAS UNLAWFULLY DENIED HEALTH CARE TO VETERANS WITH OTHER THAN HONORABLE DISCHARGES, MURPHY RENEWS HIS DEMAND FOR VA TO COMPLY WITH HONOR OUR COMMITMENT ACT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor where he demanded that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bring the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R.8) up for a vote. This legislation would expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Senate Republicans objected to the request. In... Read More about MURPHY TO REPUBLICANS: LET'S HAVE A DEBATE ON AN EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS PROPOSAL

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday was presented with the Warrior Protection and Readiness Coalition (WPRC) 2020 Sentinel Award for his legislative leadership on behalf of the domestic defense industrial base that supports U.S. service members and homeland security personnel. The Sentinel Award specifically recognizes... Read More about MURPHY RECEIVES AWARD FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON DOMESTIC DEFENSE MANUFACTURERS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Wednesday released the following statement on supplemental funding bill to address coronavirus and urged Congress to pass it immediately: “The growing coronavirus... Read More about MURPHY CALLS FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BILL TO ADDRESS CORONAVIRUS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined committee colleagues Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), this week in introducing a Senate resolution (S. Res 525), expressing continued support for the people of Nicaragua as they fight to restore democracy. “The... Read More about MURPHY, CRUZ, MENENDEZ, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF NICARAGUA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Ranking Member of the Committee U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), released the following statements on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule to ban the use of electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) on... Read More about MURPHY, MURRAY STATEMENTS ON FDA RULE TO BAN USE OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DEVICES ON CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), on Tuesday, during a U.S. Senate Committee hearing on Health, Education Labor & Pensions, questioned Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephan Hahn on the emerging threat of coronavirus and what... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES ADMINISTRATION WITNESSES ON CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Representative Judy Chu (CA-27), U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (CO-2) on Tuesday introduced bicameral legislation that would block the implementation of... Read More about MURPHY, CHU, FEINSTEIN, NEGUSE LEAD EFFORT TO BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EXPANDED MUSLIM BAN

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s announcement that they will hear oral arguments in Texas v. United States, a Republican-led and Trump administration-backed lawsuit aimed at... Read More about AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, MURPHY STATEMENT ON SCOTUS DECISION TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN ACA LAWSUIT THIS FALL

HARTFORD—Governor Ned Lamont announced today that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has received a $17.4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to construct a new Hartford Line railroad station in Windsor Locks. The new station will be about a mile north of the existing Hartford Line station and is part of a... Read More about CT CONGRESSIONAL DEMS, GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES STATE RECEIVES $17.4 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO BUILD A NEW TRAIN STATION IN WINDSOR LOCKS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on  Saturday released the following statement on the U.S.-Taliban deal to prompt negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government: “The war in Afghanistan has gone on for too long, and the U.S.-Taliban deal to set the stage for... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN NEGOTIATIONS

Senator Murphy is committed to making sure COnnecticut residents have the resources and information they in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. If you have questions or assitance, please contact our office.  Click here to sign up for Senator Murphy's daily coronavirus email updates.  Coronavirus Resources For information on how... Read More about INFORMATION ON CORONAVIRUS FOR CONNECTICUT

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that Stratford craft brewery, Athletic Brewing Company, has been named “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Founded in 2017 by Connecticut natives John Walker and Bill Shufelt, Athletic Brewing Company is the nation’s first brewer dedicated entirely to... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS STRATFORD INNOVATOR, ATHLETIC BREWING COMPANY, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”