WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee, released a statement on Thursday after the Appropriations Committee passed the FY2018 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. The bill provides critical increases for the Congressional Budget Office, the... Read More about MURPHY SECURES FUNDING FOR U.S. CAPITOL POLICE, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & CYBERSECURITY

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Wednesday after an immigration court granted Norwalk resident Nury Chavarria a stay of deportation and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreed to end removal efforts. The stay allows Chavarria to remain in the country while the court considers new... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON STAY OF DEPORTATION FOR NORWALK RESIDENT NURY CHAVARRIA

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks. WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, criticized Senate Republicans’ reckless efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and strip health insurance from millions. Murphy urged Congressional... Read More about MURPHY: GOP REPEAL PLAN “IS SCARING THE LIFE OUT OF PEOPLE IN MY STATE”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Wednesday after President Trump announced that he has banned transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. “Anyone who wants to and is qualified to serve in our military should be able to do so, period. Discrimination should have no place in our Armed... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCES BAN ON TRANSGENDER PEOPLE SERVING IN MILITARY

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 Tuesday after Senate Republicans forced a vote to take up their disastrous health care plan. Their proposals would drive up costs, worsen care, and put millions of Americans at risk of going... Read More about MURPHY ON HEALTH CARE VOTE: “PEOPLE IN CONNECTICUT ARE SCARED STIFF, WITH GOOD REASON”

Click here to view video of Murphy’s remarks. WASHINGTON – Just hours before Senate Republicans are set to force a vote on their disastrous and cruel health care repeal plan, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, laid out the devastating consequences that... Read More about MURPHY ON GOP HEALTH CARE BILL: “REPUBLICANS ARE ABOUT TO…INFLICT REALLY UNTHINKABLE AMOUNTS OF PAIN ON THIS COUNTRY.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), author of the American Jobs Matter Act, applauded President Trump’s recent executive order requiring the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, and several other U.S. agencies to review and strengthen the capacity of U.S. manufacturers to support our defense industrial base and... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REVIEW & STRENGTHEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. DEFENSE MANUFACTURERS

WASHINGTON – Following a new report on the possible misuse of taxpayer dollars at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) asked HHS Secretary Tom Price on Monday to provide information about the Department’s advertising and... Read More about MURPHY, SCHATZ, BOOKER QUESTION FUNDING, LEGALITY OF ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released the following statement after the Senate Parliamentarian ruled a provision in the initial version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act that provided targeted benefits for the state of New York failed the so-called Byrd Rule and is thus subject to a 60-vote threshold. The... Read More about MURPHY: PARLIAMENTARY RULING MEANS MCCONNELL CAN’T COUNT ON “POLAR PAYOFF” TO PASS TRUMPCARE

WASHINGTON – Just hours after Senate Republicans released yet another version of their disastrous and cruel health care repeal plan, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to highlight the dangers of this latest health care bill... Read More about MURPHY ON GOP’S LATEST DISASTROUS HEALTH CARE BILL: “MY CONSTITUENTS DESERVE A VOICE”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) – all members of the Republican or Democratic congressional baseball teams – introduced on Thursday the Wounded Officers Recovery Act. This bill is a companion to legislation introduced yesterday in the House by... Read More about MURPHY, FLAKE, DONNELLY, PAUL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN WOUNDED OFFICERS RECOVERY ACT

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Wednesday after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced they will not stay the deportation to Guatemala of Norwalk resident Nury Chavarria that is scheduled for tomorrow. Murphy sent a letter to ICE urging discretion in her... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON DEPORTATION OF NORWALK RESIDENT NURY CHAVARRIA

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that McGuire Manufacturing of Cheshire is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Hugh McGuire founded McGuire Manufacturing out of his Cheshire, Connecticut garage in 1957. Over the years, the company expanded and by 1977, they employed 11 workers... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS CHESHIRE’S MCGUIRE MANUFACTURING AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON —After convening local residents, law enforcement, first responders, treatment providers, and community organizations last week for a summit on Connecticut’s opioid epidemic, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) submitted the set of recommendations identified by community leaders at the summit... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL SEND RESULTS FROM CONNECTICUT’S OPIOID SUMMIT TO TRUMP’S OPIOID TASK FORCE

WASHINGTON —After a disturbing report by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General revealed that contracting personnel at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) failed to comply with the Berry Amendment in 19 contracts – valued at $453.2 million – out of 32 contracts reviewed, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) decried... Read More about MURPHY DEMANDS PENTAGON IMPROVE ‘BUY AMERICAN’ COMPLIANCE IN WAKE OF LATEST DISTURBING AUDIT

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement on Thursday after his Honor Our Commitment Act passed through the Committee as part of the FY2018 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. Murphy’s Honor Our Commitment Act would require the... Read More about MURPHY’S ‘HONOR OUR COMMITMENT ACT’ PASSES COMMITTEE, HEADS TO SENATE FLOOR

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 Thursday after Senate Republicans released their updated health care repeal bill. Just like the original version, the bill would raise costs and worsen care. It would charge sick people... Read More about MURPHY: “TRUMPCARE 4.0 IS A DISASTER FOR CONNECTICUT, JUST LIKE EVERY PREVIOUS VERSION”

[Washington, DC]-- Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 71 of their congressional colleagues, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Richard Neal (D-Mass.), in introducing the Refund Equality Act of 2017. This legislation would ensure that legally-married same-sex couples - who... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTRODUCE REFUND EQUALITY ACT TO PROVIDE EQUAL TAX TREATMENT FOR MARRIED SAME-SEX

WASHINGTON —Before Senate Republicans are expected to release another draft of their reckless health care plan, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday highlighting the dangers of the Congressional Republican health... Read More about MURPHY ON GOP HEALTH CARE BILL: “REPUBLICANS SHOULD SCRAP THIS GARBAGE PIECE OF LEGISLATION”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that LiquidPiston of Bloomfield is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” LiquidPiston was founded in 2004 by father-and-son duo Dr. Nikolay Shkolnik and Dr. Alexander Shkolnik after the pair invented the high-efficiency hybrid cycle (HEHC) and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BLOOMFIELD’S LIQUIDPISTON AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”