WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help Americans plan in advance and ensure they do not outlive their retirement savings. With the shift to 401(k) plans, American workers have become increasingly responsible for putting savings into and managing their... Read More about MURPHY, ISAKSON REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO HELP AMERICANS PREPARE FOR RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON — Today, members of the Connecticut delegation introduced Ethan’s Law—safe gun storage legislation in memory of Ethan Song—in the House of Representatives. The bill honors the memory of Ethan Song—a Guilford teenager who accidentally shot himself with an unsecured gun in early 2018. Ethan’s Law... Read More about MURPHY JOINS HOUSE DELEGATION FROM CONNECTICUT TO INTRODUCE ETHAN’S LAW IN HONOR OF GUILFORD TEEN

WASHINGTON – One year after supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes swept through Connecticut, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jahana Hayes (D-CT) introduced the Diversifying Emergency Benchmarks for the Recovery of Individuals after Storms (DEBRIS) Act to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO & HAYES INTRODUCE DEBRIS ACT TO ALLOW INDIVIDUAL FEMA AID FOR TREE, DEBRIS REMOVAL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting firm Design Automation Associates (DAA) is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” DAA was founded in 1997 to help manufacturing clients solve complex product development problems which improve product... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WINDSOR LOCKS MANUFACTURER, DESIGN AUTOMATION ASSOCIATES, INC., AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Congressman John Larson (CT-1), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4), and Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-5) released the following statement after the U.S Navy awarded a $1.3 billion contract to... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION APPLAUDS $1.3 BILLION CONTRACT AWARD TO SIKORSKY TO BUILD 12 ADDITIONAL CH-53K KING STALLION HELICOPTERS IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Jahana Hayes (CT-5) today released the names of the Connecticut men and women who have accepted offers of appointment to one of the four United States... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO SERVICE ACADEMIES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) this week introduced the Green Bank Act of 2019. This legislation would create a national green bank to deploy public financing for regional, state, and municipal green banks,... Read More about MURPHY, VAN HOLLEN, BLUMENTHAL, WHITEHOUSE, MARKEY INTRODUCE GREEN BANK ACT OF 2019

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor blasting the Trump administration’s ongoing sabotage of the American health care industry, and Senate Republicans’ inaction. During his... Read More about MURPHY BLASTS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, REPUBLICANS FOR CONTINUED SABOTAGE OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, CALLS FOR VOTE TO PROTECT PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) cosponsored legislation led by U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) that would keep guns out of the hands of those who commit criminal acts based on hate. The Disarm Hate Act would prevent individuals convicted of violent misdemeanor hate crimes from purchasing or... Read More about AS FBI-REPORTED HATE CRIMES INCREASE, MURPHY & BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE PROTECTIONS AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Thursday applauded Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-3) and the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee for advancing his Strength and Diversity Act of 2019, bringing it one step closer to becoming law.... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS HOUSE COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF HIS BILL TO STRENGTHEN DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday launched a campaign inviting people in Connecticut to share their health care stories and describe how they would be impacted if Republicans are successful in their attempts to gut the... Read More about MURPHY LAUNCHES “SHARE YOUR STORY” CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT IMPACT OF HEALTH CARE SABOTAGE ON CONNECTICUT FAMILIES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Wednesday after the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced it is forming a working group to consider allowing college athletes to be compensated for... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON NCAA ANNOUNCING NEW WORKING GROUP EXPLORING COMPENSATION FOR NAMES & LIKENESS OF STUDENT ATHLETES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Tuesday to blast the Trump administration and Senate Republicans for their continued sabotage of our health care system. The... Read More about MURPHY, SENATE DEMS BLAST REPUBLICANS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SABOTAGE OF HEALTH CARE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D), Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the importance of diaper banks across the country. Diapers can be costly, and diaper banks provide them free of charge to families in need. Specifically, the... Read More about MURPHY, CRAMER, JONES, BRAUN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DIAPER BANKS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, on Tuesday authored an op-ed in USA Today outlining the dangers of the Trump administration’s Iran escalation policy and... Read More about MURPHY, HIMES OP-ED IN USA TODAY: “TRUMP IS EDGING TOWARD A DISASTROUS WAR WITH IRAN. STOP THE BRINKSMANSHIP”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that baseball bat and equipment manufacturer Tater Bats in Waterbury is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Tater Bats is a family owned and operated business that specializes in the manufacturing of premium maple and birch baseball bats for... Read More about WITH BASEBALL SEASON IN FULL SWING, MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WATERBURY MANUFACTURER, TATER BATS, 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 Friday urged Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho) to submit an official Senate query to the Trump administration asking why a private citizen is traveling to Ukraine to work with a foreign government in an effort related to... Read More about MURPHY CALLS FOR SENATE QUERY ON GIULIANI TRIP TO UKRAINE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a member of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, along with U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Gregorio Sablan (D-MP) and... Read More about MURPHY AND FUDGE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday applauded the passage of the Protecting Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Act (H.R. 896) in the U.S. House of Representatives and called out Republicans for their complicity in... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATS PROTECTING PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, PUSHING BACK AGAINST TRUMP HEALTH CARE SABOTAGE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, introduced a bipartisan bill alongside Republican lead, U.S. Senator Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), to provide metastatic breast cancer patients access to support and medical care potentially years sooner than under... Read More about MURPHY, MCSALLY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO GIVE BREAST CANCER PATIENTS FIGHTING CHANCE