WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday applauded the passage of the FY 2019 Department of Defense Appropriations bill. Murphy successfully secured funding for national security and Connecticut’s manufacturing sector. As a member of the Appropriations Committee,... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS SENATE PASSAGE OF CRITICAL FEDERAL INVESTMENTS IN CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURING JOBS

(Hartford, CT)—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) awards... Read More about BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, DELAURO, LARSON, ESTY ANNOUNCE OVER $3 MILLION TO SUPPORT FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN AVON, WINDSOR LOCKS, NEW HARTFORD, MIDDLETOWN, WATERBURY, & BRANFORD

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Thursday applauded the passage of significant funding for mental health and addiction services in the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Many of the programs funded in this bill... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS SENATE PASSAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION FUNDING

WASHINGTON – Following a New York Times report that U.S. Department of Education was considering guidance permitting school districts to use federal funds to purchase firearms for teachers, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Appropriations Committees, on Thursday spoke... Read More about MURPHY DELIVERS REMARKS ON AMENDMENT BLOCKING SEC. DEVOS FROM USING FEDERAL FUNDS TO ARM TEACHERS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) and Appropriations Committees, on Thursday introduced an amendment to the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill that would block the U.S. Department of Education... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES AMENDMENT TO BLOCK DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FROM ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO USE FEDERAL FUNDS TO ARM TEACHERS

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and several of their Senate Democratic Colleagues, led by U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), today introduced a pair of amendments to the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill – part of the “minibus”... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TAKE ACTION TO STOP TRUMP-DEVOS ELIMINATION OF STUDENT BORROWER PROTECTIONS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday made a motion for the Senate to vote on his amendment to the FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill that would cut off U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s war in Yemen until the Secretary of Defense... Read More about REPUBLICANS OBJECT TO VOTING ON MURPHY AMENDMENT ON YEMEN

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday introduced an amendment to the FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill that would transfer $40 million to the U.S. Department of State for the Global Engagement Center (GEC), as authorized in law and... Read More about MURPHY, PORTMAN INTRODUCE MEASURE TO FIGHT PROPAGANDA AND DISINFORMATION

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, the Connecticut delegation wrote to Secretary of State Pompeo in response to reports that the White House is considering proposals that would slash the number of refugees resettled in the United States and shift the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration out of the Department of State. The President must... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION URGES SECRETARY POMPEO TO REJECT REPREHENSIBLE REFUGEE PROPOSALS

WASHINGTON – While President Trump continues to question whether Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday juxtaposed the U.S. Department of State’s work to counter Russian propaganda and disinformation while President Trump attacks... Read More about MURPHY: TRUMP’S ATTACKS ON THE FREE PRESS ARE GIFTS TO RUSSIA

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, on Tuesday introduced an amendment to the FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill that would direct $25 million within the European Deterrence Initiative to USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy to support fair... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT FAIR ELECTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Monday introduced amendments to the FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill to strengthen national security and support Connecticut manufacturing jobs. Murphy’s amendments increase research and development funding for Sikorsky... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES AMENDMENTS TO BOOST CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURING JOBS & STRENGTHEN NATIONAL SECURITY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced aerospace manufacturer Spectrum Machine & Design, in Windsor Locks, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Spectrum specializes in the manufacturing of complex components for aircraft engines, airframe components and defense hardware. Spectrum... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WINDSOR LOCKS MANUFACTURER, SPECTRUM MACHINE & DESIGN, 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 announced an amendment to the FY 2019 Defense Appropriations bill that would cut off United States’ support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s war in Yemen until the Secretary of Defense certified that the... Read More about MURPHY AMENDMENT CUTS OFF FUNDS FOR WAR IN YEMEN UNTIL PENTAGON CERTIFIES SAUDI-LED COALITION IS NOT VIOLATING INTERNATIONAL LAW AND US POLICY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday discussed what the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) drastic reduction in personal bankruptcies means for Connecticut families. “[The U.S. has seen] a 50% decline on the number of people who... Read More about MURPHY HEARS FROM FAMILIES AT RISK OF LOSING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

(Hartford, CT)—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-3) and Joe Courtney (D-2) announced $450,601 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) for fire departments in New London, North Haven, Shelton, and Somers. “This... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO, COURTNEY ANNOUNCE OVER $450,000 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN NEW LONDON, NORTH HAVEN, SHELTON, AND SOMERS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) on Thursday for awarding the Five Star Urban Waters Grant to Earthplace, Inc. in Westport. Five Star Urban... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HIMES APPLAUD FEDERAL GRANT TO EARTHPLACE, INC. IN WESTPORT TO PROTECT THE LONG ISLAND SOUND

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement following U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to scrap a regulation put in place by the Obama administration aimed at holding for-profit colleges accountable. On Friday, the U.S.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROPOSAL TO RESCIND RULE ON GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and author of the bipartisan Mental Health Reform Act, on Monday applauded a five year, $10 million federal grant to the State of Connecticut from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS $10 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO HELP CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS WITH ADDICTION & MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced electronic manufacturing services provider Argo EMS, in Clinton, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded as Argo Transdata Corporation in 1969 in the basement of Joe Warhurst, Argo has grown from a surface mount technology/hybrid component... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS CLINTON MANUFACTURER, ARGO EMS, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”