WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to demand that Congress give Puerto Rico and its residents the equal political and economic status they deserve. Murphy called out Congress and the Trump administration for systematically denying Puerto... Read More about MURPHY TO CONGRESS: “UNTIE THE HANDS OF THE PUERTO RICAN PEOPLE AND ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE FULL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health and Appropriations Committees, released a statement on Thursday after President Trump declared the nation’s opioid crisis a public health emergency. “It’s been clear for years that this tidal wave of addiction is a public health emergency,... Read More about MURPHY: OPIOID DECLARATION “A HOLLOW PROMISE”

WASHINGTON – Gun violence survivors and advocates are rallying around the Background Check Expansion Act. Murphy on Wednesday led 30 senators in introducing the bill, which would expand federal background checks to the sale or transfer of all firearms by private sellers, with certain reasonable exceptions. Research indicates that as many as a... Read More about ADVOCATES PRAISE THE BACKGROUND CHECK EXPANSION ACT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led 28 senators, including U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), on Wednesday in introducing the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to the sale or transfer of all firearms by private sellers, with... Read More about SENATORS INTRODUCE BACKGROUND CHECK EXPANSION ACT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the White House finalizes its emergency declaration on opioid abuse, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined their colleagues in calling on President Trump to follow the recommendations of his Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis and allow the government to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL CALL ON PRESIDENT TO ALLOW GOVERNMENT TO NEGOTIATE LOWER PRICES FOR NALOXONE, A LIFE-SAVING OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL DRUG

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement on Tuesday on U.S. Senate passage of a $36.5 billion disaster relief package that will help Puerto Rico recover and rebuild following devastation left by Hurricane Maria. The funding will also support ongoing relief... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SENATE PASSAGE OF DISASTER RELIEF FOR PUERTO RICO

WASHINGTON, DC – With Connecticut communities still waiting to receive millions of dollars in federal community policing grants, 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) wrote Attorney... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION DEMANDS EXPLANATION FOR DELAYED PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that BML Tool & Manufacturing Corp. – a veteran and family-owned manufacturing company in Monroe – is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” BML was founded in 1968 out a two-car garage by business partners Philip Battaglia, Joeseph... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS MONROE MANUFACTURER, BML TOOL, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON  – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 33 Senate and House Democrats, led by U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Bob Casey (D-PA), in introducing the Protect Access to Birth Control Act, legislation to rescind a Trump Administration rule issued on October 6 that allows... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE BICAMERAL LEGISLATION TO BLOCK TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ROLL BACK OF BIRTH CONTROL MANDATE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Thursday after voting to block Senate Republicans’ FY 2018 budget. Their budget – which passed the Senate by a vote of 51-49 – would increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion, cut Medicare by $473 billion over 10 years, cut Medicaid by more than $1... Read More about MURPHY ON BUDGET: “PEOPLE IN CONNECTICUT SHOULD BE WORRIED.”

WASHINGTON – Before Amazon is set to choose the location of their recently announced $5 billion second North American headquarters, called “Amazon HQ2”, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION URGES AMAZON TO SELECT CONNECTICUT AS HOME FOR THEIR SECOND HEADQUARTERS

WASHINGTON – In the wake of Trump administration efforts to reorganize the U.S. State Department and egregiously cut funding for critical U.S. national security programs, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committees, introduced an amendment to the 2018 budget... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES BUDGET AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT SIGNIFICANT REORGANIZATION OF STATE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, introduced an amendment to the 2018 budget proposal to increase transparency and compliance of Buy American laws. In the last five years, U.S. federal agencies have spent $47.7 billion on goods manufactured by foreign firms. The... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE BUY AMERICAN TRANSPARENCY

WASHINGTON – Hours after President Trump’s harmful travel restrictions on foreigners from eight countries were set to go into effect, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committees, and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S.... Read More about MURPHY LEADS 28 SENATORS IN INTRODUCING BILL TO BLOCK TRUMP TRAVEL BAN 3.0

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement on Tuesday after American-backed forces gained full control of Raqqa from the Islamic State. Raqqa had been the terrorist organization’s de facto capitol since 2014. “America owes an enormous debt of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT AFTER AMERICAN-BACKED FORCES SEIZE CONTROL OF RAQQA

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Accurate Lock & Hardware of Stamford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded by Ronald M. Salvatore in 1972, Accurate is a third-generation family-owned and -operated manufacturer of custom locks and architectural hardware.... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS STAMFORD MANUFACTURER, ACCURATE LOCK & HARDWARE, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a group of six other Senate Democrats on Monday in urging FEMA Administrator Brock Long to immediately greenlight the federal funds Puerto Rico needs to rebuild and recover following the devastation left by Hurricane Maria. This push comes on the heels of President Trump’s... Read More about MURPHY, SENATE DEMS URGE FEMA TO IMMEDIATELY GREENLIGHT FEDERAL FUNDING TO PUERTO RICO IN WAKE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TWEETS QUESTIONING LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO ISLAND

WASHINGTON – As negotiations between Hartford HealthCare and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield have stalled, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) 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) on Friday urged Hartford Healthcare... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION CALLS ON HARTFORD HEALTHCARE & ANTHEM TO RESOLVE CONTRACT DISPUTE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released a statement on Friday after President Trump announced he would end cost sharing payments for health insurance, driving up costs for health care. “Let’s call this what it is—the president... Read More about Murphy Condemns President Trump’s Latest Effort To Sabotage Health Care

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Friday after President Trump announced his intention to refuse to certify Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, endangering the agreement struck between Iran and major... Read More about MURPHY: “RIPPING UP THE IRAN DEAL WOULD BE A CATASTROPHIC SELF-INFLICTED WOUND FOR AMERICA”