WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will introduce a Senate resolution commemorating the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the "Night of Broken Glass.” November 9, 1938 marked the first large-scale anti-Semitic operation of the Nazi Party just before the Holocaust... Read More about MURPHY COMMEMORATES THE 81ST ANNIVERSARY OF KRISTALLNACHT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after William Nardini was confirmed by the Senate to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: “Bill Nardini is a highly respected member of Connecticut’s legal community and a devoted public servant.... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON THE CONFIRMATION OF WILLIAM NARDINI TO THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday introduced a privileged resolution to require U.S. Secretary of... Read More about MURPHY, MENENDEZ INTRODUCE PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION TO TRIGGER MANDATORY EXAMINATION OF TURKEY’S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday made the following statement on the reconciliation agreement between the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and the Southern Transitional Council (STC). On Wednesday, Murphy also met with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON AGREEMENT IN SOUTHERN YEMEN

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) this week introduced the Fair Indexing for Health Care Affordability Act—legislation to reverse the Trump... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SHAHEEN INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO COUNTER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S HEALTH CARE SABOTAGE THAT WILL SPIKE 2020 OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday urged Senate action on critical election security measures ahead of 2020 in a joint press call with U.S. Representative John Sarbanes (D-Md.). This comes just as the U.S. Departments of Justice, Defense, Homeland Security, National... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ELECTION SECURITY AHEAD OF 2020

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) led U.S. Senators Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Robert Casey (D-Pa.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) in sending a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo urging the State Department to ensure that... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HIMES URGE STATE DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT SCOTT HAPGOOD’S SAFETY

WASHINGTON-U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement after the United States Navy notified Congress of a new, multiyear contract for the next block of Virginia-class... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON BLOCK V CONTRACT FOR VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINES TO BE BUILT BY ELECTRIC BOAT IN NEW LONDON

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that RAF Electronic Hardware in Seymour is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1975, RAF specializes in the manufacturing of electronic hardware components, including spacers, standoffs, thumb screws, jack screws and handles in a... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS SEYMOUR MANUFACTURER, RAF ELECTRONIC HARDWARE, 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 Monday released the following statement after the Trump administration formally began the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement: “The global climate catastrophe is coming whether we like it or not, and once again... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PARIS AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) urging U.S. Department of State Secretary Mike Pompeo and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to reverse the Administration’s decision to prohibit U.S. commercial air travel from the United States to Cuban... Read More about MURPHY, COLLEAGUES URGE ADMINISTRATION TO REVERSE DECISION TO RESTRICT U.S. COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL TO CUBA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) this week introduced the ELEVATE Act (S.2761), bicameral legislation that will ensure states receive the federal funding necessary to provide high-quality instruction to... Read More about MURPHY, RUBIO INTRODUCE BILL TO HELP SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS FROM PUERTO RICO

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statements after the United States Senate voted to allocate at least $1.5 million to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to partner with academia in developing a reliable and cost-effective standard for testing for the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD PASSAGE OF FUNDING FOR CRUMBLING FOUNDATION TESTING RESEARCH

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, applauded passage of a Senate amendment to an Interior Department spending bill that funds the new Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic designation. In February, Murphy’s bill, The Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT TO FUND NEW FARMINGTON RIVER AND SALMON BROOK “WILD AND SCENIC” DESIGNATION

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Friday authored an op-ed in the Connecticut Mirror marking the start of open enrollment season, which runs November 1, 2019-December 15, 2019. Murphy wrote: “Starting today, health insurance open... Read More about MARKING THE START OF OPEN ENROLLMENT, MURPHY PENS OP-ED HIGHLIGHTING IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Josh Peck, co-founder of Get America Covered, on Thursday in a press conference to... Read More about MURPHY, SENATE DEMOCRATS PROMOTE OPEN ENROLLMENT AND CALL FOR PASSAGE OF THE ENROLL ACT TO HELP MORE AMERICANS GET COVERED WITH QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), on Thursday introduced a bipartisan resolution designating October as “Health Literacy Month.” “Managing your health care benefit shouldn’t be so complicated to understand. Improving health... Read More about MURPHY, HYDE-SMITH, VAN HOLLEN, SCOTT INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION DESIGNATING OCTOBER AS HEALTH LITERACY MONTH

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 Thursday led 5 U.S. Senators in calling on the Secretary of State to ensure U.S. resources are made flexible for humanitarian efforts to evacuate personnel and... Read More about MURPHY, DEM SENATORS TO POMPEO: U.S. RESOURCES MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR HUMANITARIAN AID IN SYRIA, IRAQ

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Appropriations Committee, on Thursday made the following statement after it was reported that the U.S. Department of Interior is halting the use of non-essential Chinese-made drones following pressure from members of Congress: “Our... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON INTERIOR DEPARTMENT GROUNDING NON-ESSENTIAL CHINESE DRONES

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday questioned John Sulllivan, the nominee to be Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation, at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Murphy pressed Sullivan on his knowledge of who directed the policy to press the Ukrainian government to open... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR NOMINEE ON GIULIANI’S INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINE SCANDAL