(Hartford, CT)—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $330,536 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) for fire departments in Middlefield, Plymouth, and... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO, COURTNEY, ESTY ANNOUNCE OVER $330,000 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN SUFFIELD, MIDDLEFIELD, AND PLYMOUTH

(Hartford, CT)—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced $503,250 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) through the Marine Highway Grant program to fund infrastructure improvements for the Cross Sound Ferry in New London. “This grant will fund much-needed... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD OVER $500,000 TO IMPROVE THE CROSS SOUND FERRY IN NEW LONDON

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following reports that researchers and other visitors are being denied access to Plum Island, U.S. Senators, Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) wrote Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen demanding a full explanation for the decision to suspend public admission to the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL & GILLIBRAND DEMAND DHS EXPLAIN RESTRICTED PUBLIC ACCESS TO PLUM ISLAND

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applaud the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for awarding a $211,500 grant to the Connecticut Department of Public Health to monitor water quality along Connecticut’s coast. This... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD EPA GRANT TO MONITOR WATER QUALITY AT CONNECTICUT BEACHES & PRESERVE THE LONG ISLAND SOUND

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced drone manufacturer and “Buy American” champion RADeCO, Inc., in Plainfield is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” RADeCO, which stands for RADiation Detection COmpany, is a manufacturer of air monitoring equipment, like drones used to detect... Read More about MURPHY TEAMS UP WITH PLAINFIELD MANUFACTURER TO END PURCHASE OF FOREIGN DRONES BY US GOVERNMENT, SUPPORTING NATIONAL SECURITY & LOCAL JOBS

This week, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, and 42 other senators, in submitting a comment to U.S. Department of Health and Human... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SENATE DEMOCRATS CONDEMN TRUMP-PENCE ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSED DAMAGING CHANGES TO TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM, CALL FOR REVERSAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) wrote a letter to Romanian Prime Minister Dancila expressing concerns over the firing of the Chief Prosecutor of Romania’s anti-corruption agency, and urged her government to continue... Read More about MURPHY, MCCAIN URGE ROMANIA TO CONTINUE ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) applauded the passage of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Congressional Gold Medal Act, S. 2101, in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. The bill awards a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew of the USS Indianapolis, including Waterbury native Navy Chaplain Lieutenant Thomas M. Conway. Murphy... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF BILL AWARDING CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO WATERBURY’S FATHER CONWAY & CREW OF USS INDIANAPOLIS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, applauded the passage of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 on Wednesday. The legislation, which will help keep Connecticut families safe and support Connecticut’s defense... Read More about MURPHY VOTES TO SUPPORT CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURERS AND STRENGTHEN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applauded on Wednesday Senate passage of two of their amendments to provide assistance to homeowners in Connecticut hurt by crumbling foundations due to pyrrhotite. The senators introduced the... Read More about SENATE PASSES AMENDMENTS TO HELP CONNECTICUT HOMEOWNERS WITH CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bipartisan resolution on Wednesday to support the name agreement between Macedonia and Greece, and warn against Russian interference. In June, Prime Ministers Tsipras and Zaev came together to... Read More about MURPHY, JOHNSON INTRODUCE SENATE RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN MACEDONIA & GREECE, CONDEMNS RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, applauded the passage of appropriations legislation that includes critical investments that support Connecticut’s economy. The bill, which includes the Department of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS SENATE PASSAGE OF CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN CONNECTICUT’S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AGRICULTURE & LONG ISLAND SOUND

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement on Wednesday following the Trump administration’s new rule expanding short-term health insurance plans. These plans are not subject to the same requirements under the... Read More about MURPHY CRITICIZES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S CONTINUED HEALTH CARE SABOTAGE WITH NEW RULE ENCOURAGING JUNK PLANS

“Rally to Stop Kavanaugh” Will Bring Together Hundreds of Activists to Stop the GOP From Using the Supreme Court to Attack Our Access To Health Care  [WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, Wednesday, August 1 at 12:00 PM, Health Care Voter, alongside Demand Justice, Protect Our Care, Americans for Tax Fairness, Be a Hero, Center for... Read More about MURPHY & BLUMENTHAL TO JOIN SENATE DEMOCRATS AND ADVOCATES AT RALLY TO STOP KAVANAUGH NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT

[WASHINGTON, DC]—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applauded Senate approval of a resolution they cosponsored that would designate September 25, 2018 as “National Lobster Day.” The resolution, led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine), was approved by the Senate... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD SENATE APPROVAL OF “NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY” RESOLUTION

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced a resolution in the United States Senate calling for the declassification of all remaining documents relating to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks upon the United... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND & MENENDEZ INTRODUCE RESOLUTION TO “DECLASSIFY 9/11”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Tuesday that Bioarray Genetics, a Farmington biotech company housed at University of Connecticut’s (UConn) Technology Incubation Program (TIP), is “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Bioarray Genetics focuses on using genomics and machine... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS FARMINGTON INNOVATOR, BIOARRAY GENETICS, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced custom safety net solutions manufacturer InCord, in Colchester, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Since its founding in 1995, InCord has grown to become the largest custom netting fabricator in North America, providing netting products to customers... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS COLCHESTER MANUFACTURER, INCORD, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER"

Hartford, CT—U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) applauded $1,076, 949 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) to Mansfield, Danbury, and New Milford.  “This federal funding will give... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY, ESTY APPLAUD OVER $1 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN MANSFIELD, DANBURY, AND NEW MILFORD

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. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ proposal to rescind a regulation put in place by the Obama administration to protect students who were defrauded by for-profit... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SEC. DEVOS’ DECISION TO RESCIND PROTECTIONS FOR DEFRAUDED STUDENTS