WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday praised Senate and House passage of the bipartisan Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which he cosponsored. The legislation seeks to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Hong... Read More about MURPHY PRAISES PASSAGE OF HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ACT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday during a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing pressed Trump administration nominee for Deputy Secretary of State, Stephen E. Biegun, on his judgements regarding the Ukraine extortion scheme and whether it is proper to withhold access to the White House or security aid as... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE ON UKRAINE EXTORTION SCHEME, SECURES COMMITMENT TO REVIEW STAFFING AT U.S. EMBASSAY IN IRAQ

WASHINGTON—At the nomination hearing of Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to become the commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, questioned Dr. Hahn on his priorities if confirmed to be the next commissioner of the FDA.... Read More about MURPHY SECURES COMMITMENT FROM FDA NOMINEE TO CONTINUE CRITICAL WORK ON SESAME LABELING, ELECTRICAL STIMULATION DEVICES ON CHILDREN, TRANSPARENCY

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), on Tuesday authored an op-ed in the USA Today on the latest state of play in their effort to pass a bipartisan background checks expansion bill. “We represented an unlikely trio of senators to be at the center of these deliberations. There... Read More about MURPHY, TOOMEY, MANCHIN IN USA TODAY: WE'RE READY TO RESUME BIPARTISAN GUN BACKGROUND CHECK TALKS WITH TRUMP ANYTIME

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) in sending a letter to ISO New England (ISO-NE) calling on the regional grid operator to pursue changes to the energy markets... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND SENATORS URGE GRID OPERATOR TO CONSIDER LARGER ROLE FOR CLEAN ENERGY IN MARKET

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Haydon Kerk Pittman Motion Solutions, Inc. in Waterbury is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Haydon Kerk Pittman (HKP) manufactures linear actuators, stepper and DC motors, drives, lead screws, custom linear systems, and switches for... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WATERBURY MANUFACTURER, HAYDON KERK PITTMAN MOTION SOLUTIONS, INC., AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday joined CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper to discuss the first public hearings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump last week. Murphy also discussed the extraordinary circumstances that called for the... Read More about MURPHY ON CNN: THE CRIMES AND THE OFFENSES THAT HAVE BEEN DETAILED ARE ABSOLUTELY DAMNING

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday joined NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd to discuss last week’s public testimony in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump and the extraordinary circumstances calling for this impeachment... Read More about MURPHY ON MTP: IF YOU DON'T STOP A PRESIDENT FROM TRYING TO RIG AN ELECTION THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY ANYMORE

HARTFORD—Following the announcement of the first two flu-related deaths in Connecticut this season, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Connecticut Department of Public Health Commissioner Renee... Read More about MURPHY: SIGN UP FOR HEALTH CARE DURING OPEN ENROLLMENT AND GET YOUR FLU SHOT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday released the following statement after the U.S. Department of State Inspector General’s Office report reviewing allegations of politicized and other improper personnel practices from the Office of the... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON STATE DEPARTMENT IG REPORT ON POLITICAL RETALIATION

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its first report on implementation of his Fix NICS Act. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Indian tribal governments have submitted implementation plans to the DOJ, as... Read More about DOJ: SIX MILLION NEW RECORDS IN BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM FROM MURPHY, CORNYN FIX NICS ACT

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and a number of their colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to support and expand programs such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a collaborative effort across the states of Connecticut, Delaware,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with his colleagues U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), demanded the U.S. Senate bring up a vote on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R.8) just as reports surfaced of yet another school shooting in California. After U.S. Senator... Read More about AS REPORTS OF SCHOOL SHOOTING BREAK, SENATE REPUBLICANS AGAIN BLOCK VOTE TO EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) applauded committee passage of Save Our Seas 2.0, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to combat marine debris. Murphy and Murkowski are both cosponsors of the bill.... Read More about MURPHY, MURKOWSKI APPLAUD COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday shared stories on the U.S. Senate floor of constituents in Connecticut whose health care is under attack by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. This is part of a new effort by... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS WHOSE HEALTH CARE IS UNDER ATTACK BY TRUMP, REPUBLICANS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday made the following statement: “I’m worried for my friends in Israel who are facing hundreds of rocket attacks from Islamic Jihad over the last 24 hours. Israel has every right to defend itself... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN ISRAEL

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday made the following statement following reports that the Trump administration hired outside contractors to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help Administrator Seema Verma’s... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PR CONSULTANTS HIRED FOR CORRUPT CMS CONTRACT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday blasted the Trump administration for moving forward with bringing Turkish President Erdogan to the White House: "New evidence is emerging of Turkey’s proxy forces in Syria committing war crimes, just as an increasingly... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON UPCOMING ERDOGAN-TRUMP MEETING

WASHINGTON—With three senior State Department officials scheduled to testify during the first week of public hearings on the Trump-Ukraine scandal, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday joined a letter led by the Committee’s Ranking Member, U.S Senator Bob Menendez... Read More about MURPHY, MENENDEZ, DEMOCRATS WARN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AGAINST PUNISHING STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TESTIFYING IN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes (CT-5) released the following statement after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from gun manufacturer Remington Arms seeking to block the case brought by victims of the Sandy Hook School shooting, permitting a... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HAYES STATEMENT: SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO HEAR REMINGTON APPEAL, ALLOWS SANDY HOOK FAMILIES TO PROCEED WITH LAWSUIT