HARTFORD – In response to a New York Times investigation revealing that the U.S. Department of State will offer buyouts of up to $25,000 as part of an effort to reduce the agency’s national security workforce by nearly 2,000 employees, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday... Read More about MURPHY DEMANDS EXPLANATION FROM TILLERSON IN WAKE OF “SHORT-SIGHTED” & “DANGEROUS” PLAN TO OFFER EMPLOYEE BUYOUTS

WASHINGTON – As the Trump administration continues to ban refugees entering the United States from 11 mostly Muslim-majority countries, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led his colleagues in introducing the No Ban on Refugees Act. Murphy’s bill would prohibit the U.S.... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES BILL TO BLOCK TRUMP REFUGEE BAN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) announced that the Senate today passed the FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Report, which includes their language to improve the ability of the United States to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation from our enemies. The... Read More about Murphy, Portman Announce Final Passage of Measure to Counter Foreign Propaganda in NDAA Conference Report

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), introduced the Fix NICS Act to ensure federal and state authorities comply with existing law and accurately report... Read More about Cornyn, Murphy, Scott, Blumenthal Introduce Fix NICS Act to Enhance Compliance, Ensure Accuracy of Existing Background Check System for Firearms Purchases

WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing with Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams, Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the committee, criticized his Republican colleagues for planning to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s... Read More about MURPHY: “TAX BILL HAS TURNED INTO A HEALTH CARE BILL IN THE LAST 48 HOURS”

WASHINGTON – As victims in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island (USVI) struggle to recover from damage left by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a group of 11 other senators on Wednesday in urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to work... Read More about MURPHY LEADS SENATORS IN DEMANDING BETTER COORDINATION, RESPONSE TO HOUSING NEEDS OF HURRICANE VICTIMS

WASHINGTON – Days after Saudi Arabia imposed a blockade on Yemen, preventing aid and vital commodities from flowing into the country, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee – demanded that the Senate take action to make clear to the Trump administration that they do not have... Read More about MURPHY DEMANDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON SAUDI ARABIA’S BLOCKADE IN YEMEN

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Thursday on the tax reform plan released by Senate Republicans. "Republicans have gone on the record repeatedly to make clear their top priority – passing a tax cut bill for their rich donors, paid for by tax increases on the middle class, as quickly as possible,... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SENATE REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement on Thursday calling on Saudi Arabia to immediately lift a blockade in Yemen that has prevented aid from flowing into the country. The blockade threatens to starve millions of Yemini civilians.  “I call on... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON SAUDI ARABIA TO IMMEDIATELY LIFT BLOCKADE IN YEMEN

Washington, DC —U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and 19 additional Democratic colleagues today in introducing the Assault Weapons Ban of 2017, a bill to ban the sale, transfer, manufacture and importation of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DEMOCRATIC SENATORS INTRODUCE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

WASHINGTON – Following the massacre of 26 people at a Texas church, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on Congress to take action to enforce gun laws that make our communities safer from gun violence. Specifically, Murphy demanded that Congress work together to ensure that civilians cannot access after-market modifications that turn... Read More about MURPHY DEMANDS SPECIFIC ACTION TO ENFORCE GUN LAWS FOLLOWING TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTING

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that American Woolen Company of Stafford Springs is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” In 2013, Jacob Harrison Long purchased the American Woolen Company, which was founded in Massachusetts and was once the world’s largest wool... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS STAFFORD SPRINGS MANUFACTURER, AMERICAN WOOLEN COMPANY, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Sunday after multiple people were killed and injured in a shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas: "The paralysis you feel right now – the impotent helplessness that washes over you as news of another mass slaughter scrolls across the television screen –... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SUTHERLAND SPRINGS SHOOTING

Hartford, CT – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued the following statement regarding the appointments of Clark Chapin to serve as Connecticut Farm Service Agency State Director and George Krivda to serve as Rural Development State Director. “Clark Chapin and George Krivda are both highly qualified... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CHAPIN AND GEORGE KRIVDA TO CT USDA POSITIONS

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) announced a $30,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the New Haven Urban Resources Initiative. The funding, through the EPA’s Environmental Small Grants program, will be used to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO ANNOUNCE $30,000 EPA GRANT TO ADDRESS WATER AND AIR POLLUTION IN NEW HAVEN

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (CT-2) applauded the United Way of South Eastern Connecticut Inc. on Wednesday for receiving a $35,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to launch their “Setting the Table for a Just Food... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY APPLAUD FEDERAL GRANT TO BRING AFFORDABLE, LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD TO CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued the following statement regarding news that John H. Durham has been nominated to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. The senators recommended Durham to President Trump.  “John Durham has earned immense respect... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF JOHN H. DURHAM TO SERVE AS U.S. ATTORNEY FOR DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), author of the Background Check Expansion Act, on Tuesday called on Congress to take immediate action to expand federal background checks. During a “Voices of Victims” speech on the Senate floor, Murphy emphasized that more than 90 percent of Americans support comprehensive... Read More about MURPHY DEMANDS CONGRESS ACT TO EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS

WASHINGTON – Seeking to cut higher education costs for middle-class families and make college more affordable for American students, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are leading the charge to help reduce student loan debt and protect students from the... Read More about MURPHY, SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT STUDENT BORROWERS, HOLD COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ACCOUNTABLE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday led U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) in introducing a bill prohibiting President Trump from starting a preemptive war against North... Read More about NEW BILL: NO WAR IN NORTH KOREA WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION