Hartford, CT—Today, the Connecticut Congressional Delegation applauded the approval of $8.08 million in Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) that will generate $79.9 million in equity from private investors for affordable multifamily housing developments in East Haven, Hartford, Montville, and Norwalk.  The LIHTC program... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS $8.08 MILLION TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday honored LT Rev. Thomas M. Conway, a Waterbury resident and American hero who sacrificed his life to care for fellow sailors after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis on July 30, 1945, during World War II. Murphy placed a statement in the Congressional Record honoring Father Conway... Read More about MURPHY HONORS FATHER CONWAY IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

WASHINGTON – During a roundtable with state and local elected officials, developers, and community members from across Connecticut, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced today the introduction of his legislation – called the Creating Livable Environments and New Usable Property (CLEAN UP) Act – to incentivize the cleanup... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES ‘CLEAN UP ACT’ TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF CONNECTICUT’S OLD FACTORIES & BROWNFIELDS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Monday on U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty’s (CT-5) announcement that she will not seek re-election in 2018: “Elizabeth is a friend and a colleague, who has fought hard on behalf of the people she represents for the past six years. I have spoken to... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ESTY DECISION TO NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION

HARTFORD - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that Collab, a startup located in New Haven, is this month’s “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Collab supports early-stage entrepreneurs based in Connecticut by providing them with capital, mentorship, and other resources. Co-directors Margaret Lee and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEW HAVEN INNOVATOR, COLLAB, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Horberg Industries, Inc. of Bridgeport is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” William Horberg founded the company as a precision grinding business in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1935. Since then, Horberg Industries has expanded and refined... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BRIDGEPORT MANUFACTURER, HORBERG INDUSTRIES, INC. AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led HELP Committee Democrats in calling on Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to hold a HELP hearing as soon as... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, HELP COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS REQUEST COMMITTEE HEARING ON CAUSES & REMEDIES OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

WASHINGTON — After hearing directly from concerned Connecticut residents, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labeling of products that contain sesame or... Read More about MURPHY LEADS GROUP IN CALLING ON FDA TO LABEL AND REGULATE ALL SESAME PRODUCTS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Saturday in support of the ‘March For Our Lives’ movements organized across Connecticut. “Ninety people in this country die every single day from gun violence – a rate higher than any other industrialized nation in the world. Most politicians only... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ‘MARCH FOR OUR LIVES’

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced that the Omnibus Appropriations bill, which passed Congress last night, includes $12 million in federal funding for Long... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION ANNOUNCES OVER $88 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR KEY PROGRAMS TO PROTECT CONNECTICUT WATERS & COASTAL COMMUNITIES

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have joined U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) in introducing the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education Support Reauthorization Act to ensure that children’s hospitals have the support they need to provide adequate... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS & TRAIN PEDIATRICIANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement on Friday after voting to support the $1.3 trillion bipartisan FY18 Omnibus Appropriations bill that funds the government through September 30th. The funding package makes major investments in Connecticut priorities... Read More about MURPHY SUPPORTS BIPARTISAN OMNIBUS THAT MAKES MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), co-author of the bipartisan Mental Health Reform Act signed into law in 2016, released a statement on Thursday on the FY18 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which includes federal funding for mental health and addiction programs in Murphy’s Mental Health Reform Act. As a member of the U.S.... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION PROGRAMS IN HIS MENTAL HEALTH REFORM ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA), which would help protect public school students from bullying, harassment and discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.  The Student Non-Discrimination... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE STUDENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) introduced on Thursday two pieces of bipartisan legislation that together will help improve addiction recovery efforts and prevent opioid overdoses. The Recovery COACH Act would help expand access to recovery coaches for Americans who are struggling with... Read More about MURPHY, CAPITO INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO HELP FIGHT OPIOID ADDICTION

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, applauded on Thursday language included in the FY18 Omnibus Appropriations bill to help reduce gun violence. The bill includes Murphy’s bipartisan Fix NICS Act and clarifies the decades-old law that has prevented the Centers for... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON GUN VIOLENCE PROVISIONS IN FY18 APPROPRIATIONS BILL

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement after the release of the FY18 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which includes Murphy’s Honor Our Commitment Act. This critical legislation requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to, for the first time,... Read More about MURPHY’S ‘HONOR OUR COMMITMENT ACT’ INCLUDED IN FY18 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Wednesday after the U.S. Senate passed the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act, which will ensure that websites – like Backpage.com – that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking can be held accountable, and to ensure justice for victims of sex trafficking. Murphy... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF BILL TO HOLD BACKPAGE.COM ACCOUNTABLE & ENSURE JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee – released a statement on Tuesday after the Senate voted to table a bipartisan joint resolution Murphy introduced with U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) to end unauthorized U.S. military involvement... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT AFTER SENATE VOTE ON BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION TO WITHDRAW SUPPORT FROM SAUDI ARABIA’S WAR IN YEMEN

WASHINGTON – Six months after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee – released a statement on Tuesday urging Congress to appropriate additional funding to help the island rebuild and recover from the $100 billion in damage caused by... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE MARIA LANDFALL IN PUERTO RICO