WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker to discuss Senate Republicans’ efforts to ram through a bill that kicks millions of Americans off their health care in the dead of night, the Trump administration’s lawless immigration policies and the Supreme Court’s enabling of his abuse of... Read More about Murphy on Meet the Press: Nobody Is Asking for 16 Million People to Lose Their Health Care Just So the Corporations and the Very Rich Can Get a New Tax Cut

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker to discuss Senate Republicans’ efforts to ram through a bill that kicks millions of Americans off their health care in the dead of night, the Trump administration’s lawless immigration policies and the Supreme Court’s enabling of his abuse of... Read More about Murphy: Nobody Is Asking for 16 Million People to Lose Their Health Care Just So the Corporations and the Very Rich Can Get a New Tax Cut

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday spoke on the Senate floor ahead of a vote to enforce the War Powers Act, prohibiting the use of military force against Iran without authorization by Congress or an imminent threat to the United States.   “Our Founding Fathers didn't... Read More about Murphy: This is an Opportunity for Us to Stand Up for Our Responsibility as a Co-Equal Branch in Setting Foreign Policy

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined the Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) to protect workers’ health care benefits and prevent retaliatory employers from using their power to cancel or alter health insurance for... Read More about Murphy Joins Bill to Protect Striking Workers' Health Care

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined four of his Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution recognizing Tunisia’s leadership in the Arab Spring and expressing support for upholding its democratic principles and norms. Under the country’s current President Kais Saied, Tunisia... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Recognizing Tunisia’s Leadership in the Arab Spring, Calling Out Troubling Democratic Backsliding

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a group of seven of his Senate colleagues in introducing the AUKUS Improvement Act. Building upon the bipartisan, AUKUS-enabling legislation in the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act, the AUKUS Improvement Act will further streamline... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues Introduce AUKUS Improvement Act

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday celebrated the third anniversary of his landmark Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the first comprehensive gun safety legislation passed in three decades. The bill made significant investments in our background check system, boosted prosecutors’ enforcement capabilities,... Read More about Murphy Celebrates 3 Years of Gun Violence Reduction Under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today, on the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, joined the entire Democratic caucus in introducing the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025, legislation to... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Democratic Caucus Introduce Bill to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide on 3rd Anniversary of Roe Being Overturned

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined every member of the Senate Democratic Caucus in calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to change course on Republicans’ plan to take health care and food assistance away from millions of Americans—including... Read More about Murphy, Entire Senate Democratic Caucus Urge Leader Thune to Change Course on Proposed Cuts to Health Care and Food Assistance

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday wrote a Substack post outlining eight ideas that should inform how the American public thinks about the Trump administration’s strikes against Iran and President Trump’s refusal to learn the lessons of America’s previous military misadventures in the Middle East. “America’s addiction to... Read More about Murphy: 8 Things You Should Know About Iran

WASHINGTON—Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday released the following statement on President Trump’s illegal ordering of strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran without congressional authorization: “Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a... Read More about Murphy Statement on President Trump's Strikes Against Iran

PARIS—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered a major speech on the threats posed to the U.S. economy and spiritual health of Americans by unregulated artificial intelligence technology at the Paris Institute of Political Studies during a congressional delegation to Paris, France and Bucharest, Romania. Murphy acknowledged the potential... Read More about Murphy Delivers Speech on Dangers of Unregulated AI During CODEL to Europe

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), both members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Tuesday hosted “The Big Beautiful Betrayal—Working Folks Pay While The Mega Rich Profit,” a spotlight forum to highlight how President Donald Trump and Republicans’ tax bill would make major... Read More about Murphy, Kaine Host "The Big Beautiful Betrayal—Working Folks Pay While the Mega-Rich Profit" Spotlight Forum

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday wrote a Substack post sounding the alarm on the existential risks unregulated artificial intelligence pose to America’s economy and collective well-being. Murphy advocated for strong government policy and intervention to ensure that citizens, rather than corporate interests, are managing the... Read More about Murphy: Unregulated AI Will Destroy Our Economy and Culture

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.-34) and Donald Beyer (D-Va.-08) in leading a group of bicameral colleagues in reintroducing... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Bicameral Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Let Every American Choose Medicare

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined the entire U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding that President Trump immediately withdraw all military forces from Los Angeles and cease all threats to deploy the National Guard or active-duty servicemembers to American cities. The letter comes after Trump’s unprecedented move to... Read More about Murphy, Padilla, Entire Senate Democratic Caucus Demand Trump Remove Military Forces from Los Angeles

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health Education, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Friday launched a campaign inviting people in Connecticut to share how Prospect Medical Holdings’ mismanagement of Waterbury Hospital, Rockville General Hospital, and Manchester Memorial Hospital have impacted their access... Read More about Murphy Launches "Share Your Story" Campaign to Highlight Impact of Prospect Medical Holdings on Health Care in Connecticut

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, today joined a bipartisan cohort of New England senators in urging the United States Coast Guard... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, New England Colleagues Urge Coast Guard to Delay Removal of Navigational Buoys

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday took to the Senate floor to strongly condemn the violent removal by federal officers of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) as he tried to ask questions and exercise Congressional oversight at a public press conference with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Murphy... Read More about Murphy on Forcible Removal of Senator Padilla: We Don't Do This in a Democracy

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Thursday released a statement on the targeting of non-profit organizations by House Republicans. Earlier this week, Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.-07), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Josh... Read More about Murphy Statement on Baseless Republican Attacks on NGOs Providing Contracted Services