WASHINGTON – As the U.S. Congress begins considering a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a policy paper on Tuesday outlining new accountability proposals on how students and taxpayers can get a better... Read More about MURPHY LAYS OUT HIS VISION FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO BETTER PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Monday after it was announced that United Technologies Corporation (UTC) would be merging with Raytheon: “I have serious concerns about the impact this merger will have on our country and on Connecticut. UTC said they will keep manufacturing jobs in... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION-RAYTHEON MERGER

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Middle East, along with U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) on Sunday announced they will introduce a privileged resolution on Monday to begin the process of forcing a vote on arm sales and other security... Read More about MURPHY, YOUNG ANNOUNCE PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION TO FORCE VOTE ON U.S.-SAUDI SECURITY RELATIONSHIP, RECENT ARMS SALE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined legislation led by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) on Thursday, which directed the Trump administration to meet the standards established by the historic Paris Climate Agreement and to mitigate the long-term damage caused by the Trump... Read More about MURPHY, SHAHEEN, MENENDEZ & CARPER INTRODUCE SENATE BILL DIRECTING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO MEET STANDARDS SET BY THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) on Thursday in pushing back on a State Department policy that discriminates against LGBTQ couples in citizenship for their children. In a strongly-worded letter, the Senators urged U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to... Read More about MURPHY, MERKLEY, HARRIS, AND SENATE COLLEAGUES URGE STATE DEPARTMENT TO REVERSE POLICY DISCRIMINATING AGAINST CHILDREN OF LGBTQ COUPLES BORN ABROAD

WASHINGTON – Less than a week after a man opened fire at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, claiming the lives of 12 people, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday honored the victims of the tragedy by delivering one of his “Voices of Victims” speeches on the U.S. Senate floor. Murphy told the stories of the... Read More about MURPHY HONORS GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN HIS “VOICES OF VICTIMS” SPEECH

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Middle East, along with Ranking Member U.S Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and U.S Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on Wednesday announced... Read More about MURPHY, MENENDEZ, GRAHAM, PAUL, LEAHY, YOUNG, REED ANNOUNCE 22 JOINT RESOLUTIONS TO BLOCK WEAPONS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA AND UAE WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday introduced the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act of 2019. The legislation would improve transparency and accountability to help ensure consumers have access to mental... Read More about MURPHY, CASSIDY INTRODUCE MEASURE TO STRENGTHEN MENTAL HEALTH PARITY LAWS

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), on Tuesday reintroduced the Living Shorelines Act, legislation that would create a new grant program for nature-based shoreline protection projects known as living shorelines. As sea-level rise and... Read More about MURPHY, HARRIS REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO HELP COMMUNITIES PROTECT THEIR COASTS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Wednesday that Torigen Pharmaceuticals, a startup focused on providing personalized cancer immunotherapies to the veterinary market, has been named “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Torigen creates personalized cancer vaccines for the 8 million companion animals... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS FARMINGTON INNOVATOR, TORIGEN PHARMACEUTICALS, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, on Friday released the following statement after the Trump administration notified congressional committees of a major new arms sale to the Middle... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON NEW MIDDLE EAST ARMS SALE

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) hosted a group of students from the Hartford area representing the Greater Hartford Youth Leadership Academy. The students presented their policy recommendations on reducing chronic absenteeism in schools, reducing poverty, and reducing gun violence to their Members of Congress. Larson was... Read More about MURPHY SPEAKS WITH DELEGATION OF STUDENTS AND MENTORS FROM GREATER HARTFORD

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday applauded Senate passage of disaster aid relief funding that included $900 million to replenish Puerto Rico’s nutrition assistance program and to rebuild Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The legislation also... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING FOR PUERTO RICO

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on Thursday, raising continued alarms on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen following a bipartisan briefing with World Food Program (WFP) Director David Beasley and reports that... Read More about MURPHY, YOUNG CONDEMN HOUTHI THEFT OF FOOD AID IN YEMEN

HARTFORD – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement following the final approval of Ethan’s Law by the Connecticut State Senate: “We applaud the passage of Ethan’s Law, a commonsense measure that will save lives -and prevent families across Connecticut from... Read More about MURPHY AND BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD PASSAGE OF ETHAN’S LAW BY CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday applauded the passage of the bipartisan TRACED Act, legislation he cosponsored to help end the growing number of illegal robocalls that plague consumers. It’s estimated that in 2018, the number of illegal robocalls increased by more than 36% from the previous year and reached... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN ANTI-ROBOCALL LEGISLATION

HARTFORD – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL) in introducing a resolution in the House and Senate establishing the weekend of June 7-9, 2019, as “National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend”... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING JUNE AS “NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday released a video explaining the Trump administration’s efforts to expand access to junk health insurance plans and how this move is part of a larger campaign to sabotage the Affordable Care... Read More about MURPHY RELEASES VIDEO EXPLAINING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EFFORT TO BRING BACK JUNK PLANS

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday applauded the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee for including his provision banning the use of Chinese-made unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The provision was included as... Read More about BAN ON CHINESE DRONES PASSES SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON – Following reports that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is continuing to deny veterans with Other-than-Honorable (OTH) discharges mental and behavioral health services after passage of the Honor Our Commitment Act, author of the legislation U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a group of senators in sending a... Read More about AFTER HEARING FROM VETERANS DENIED MENTAL HEALTH CARE, MURPHY DEMANDS VA COMPLY WITH HONOR OUR COMMITMENT ACT