WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday made the following statement on the announcement of a Turkey-Russia deal on Syria: “This agreement locks in Erdogan’s land grab in Syria and opens the door for further violence against the Syrian people. Not only did... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ERDOGAN-PUTIN SYRIA DEAL

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday announced that he cosponsored the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019. Originally introduced by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the bill... Read More about MURPHY COSPONSORS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONG KONG

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today introduced a resolution recognizing October as Dyslexia Awareness Month. “I hear from parents in Connecticut who tell me how they struggle to get their children with dyslexia the attention and special instruction they need,” said Murphy. “We... Read More about MURPHY, CASSIDY RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES OCTOBER AS DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday joined the Hudson Institute’s speaker series: “Dialogues on American Foreign Policy and World Affairs” for a moderated conversation with Walter Russell Mead. Murphy recently penned a piece for the Atlantic in... Read More about MURPHY DISCUSSES PROGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY AT THE HUDSON INSTITUTE

WASHIGNTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Monday delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor on the importance of protecting pre-existing conditions and the Trump administration’s continued efforts to sabotage the American health care system.... Read More about MURPHY: STEP BACK FROM HEADLINES & PROTECT PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Friday held a press conference touting newly introduced bipartisan legislation to protect American workers. Earlier this week Murphy introduced the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of... Read More about MURPHY: NON-COMPETES STIFLE ECONOMIC GROWTH

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 released the following statement after the U.S. and Turkey announced a five day ceasefire:   “There isn't any response but to be grateful... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TURKEY CEASEFIRE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday made the following statement: “The White House Chief of Staff just openly admitted that the Trump administration was holding up military aid for Ukraine to get them to investigate President Trump’s political... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE ADMITTING TO QUID PRO QUO

Click Here for Episode on Vox’s Worldly Podcast WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday joined Vox’s Worldly podcast for a conversation about Syria, Ukraine and progressive foreign policy. Murphy recently penned a piece for the Atlantic in which he makes... Read More about MURPHY DISCUSSES SYRIA, UKRAINE, PROGRESSIVE FOREIGN POLICY

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday made the following statement after the Senate failed to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution that would roll back the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule: “Climate change threatens our planet and national... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON FAILED CLIMATE CHANGE VOTE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) this week introduced the Workforce Mobility Act, bipartisan legislation to limit the use of non-compete agreements that negatively impact American workers. Murphy and Young recently led a bipartisan Senate letter urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to... Read More about MURPHY, YOUNG INTRODUCE BILL TO LIMIT NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS, PROTECT WORKERS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday introduced a resolution that affirms the importance of access to safe, quality education—including protection from attacks on schools—for children in conflict zones. U.S. Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) and... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES RESOLUTION TO PROTECT EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN CONFLICT ZONES

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday delivered a speech on the U.S. Senate floor in which he addressed the global scope of the damage Trump’s foreign policy is causing and asked why the Republican party is so keen on protecting him. Murphy surveyed the... Read More about MURPHY: TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY IS IN MELTDOWN. WHY ARE REPUBLICANS PROTECTING HIM?

WASHINGTON – At a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S.-Iran policy, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday pressed U.S. Department of State Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook on meetings he had with Rudy Giuliani to help remove Iranian sanctions to help Turkish banker Reza Zarrab. Murphy also pressed Hook... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ON GIULIANI COOPERATION, MAXIMUM PRESSURE CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday met with the Chargé d'Affaires of Brazil to the United States Ambassador Nestor Forster, Jr. Murphy pressed Forster about efforts undertaken by the Brazilian government to curb the fires in the Amazon region. Murphy... Read More about READOUT OF MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES TO THE U.S.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement: “No one but Trump is to blame for the chaos Turkey has unleashed in Syria, and we all need to acknowledge it will be difficult to put the genie back in the bottle at this point. It's... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TURKEY SANCTIONS

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 on the Trump administration’s impending Executive Order to sanction Turkey over its actions in Syria: “This is... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON IMPENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SANCTION TURKEY OVER ITS SYRIA ACTIONS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday released the following statement after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia: “This is a bright spot in what feels like an increasingly unstable world. In the two decades since Africa’s... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER ABIY AHMED

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday authored an op-ed in Buzzfeed detailing the Trump administration’s systematic abandonment of Ukraine that started long before the July 25th call at the center of the House impeachment inquiry. Murphy wrote: “It is... Read More about MURPHY BUZZFEED OP-ED: TRUMP’S SYSTEMATIC ABANDONMENT OF UKRAINE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday released the following statement ahead of the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch’s planned testimony before the House Committees on Oversight, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence as part of the House... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ARRESTED GIULIANI ASSOCIATES AHEAD OF YOVANOVITCH’S PLANNED DEPOSITION