HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that United Steel of East Hartford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Ken Corneau founded United Steel in 1974 out of a small garage. Ken has grown the business over the last several decades, and today, United Steel is the largest fabricator... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS EAST HARTFORD MANUFACTURER, UNITED STEEL, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Sunday on the death of U.S. Navy Sonar Technician 3rd Class Ngoc T. Truong Huynh, an Oakville resident and sailor who was among those who died aboard the U.S.S. Fitzgerald in Japan. “My heart goes out to the Huynh family for their loss. Ngoc died serving our country,... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON DEATH OF CONNECTICUT SAILOR

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today announced they are helping to lead the Restore Honor to Service Members Act. The legislation will correct the military records of service members discharged solely due to their sexual orientation to reflect their honorable service and reinstate... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL HELPING TO LEAD LEGISLATION TO RESTORE HONOR TO SERVICE MEMBERS DISCHARGED DUE TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) led a group of senators in requesting at least $5 million in federal funding to support maple syrup producers in Connecticut and across the country. In a... Read More about MURPHY, STABENOW, KING LEAD GROUP OF SENATORS IN REQUESTING FUNDING TO SUPPORT MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that Mohammed A. Wardeh of Danbury – a member of the National Guard and a Syrian asylee – has received his U.S. citizenship. Murphy’s office worked with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to cut through... Read More about MURPHY HELPS NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER, SYRIAN ASYLEE, EARN U.S. CITIZENSHIP

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Monday on the tragic wildfire in Portugal that killed at least 62 people and injured dozens.  “My thoughts are with the people of Portugal and Connecticut’s entire Portuguese community as they mourn and try to recover from this devastating tragedy.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRAGIC WILDFIRE IN PORTUGAL

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee leaders seeking an additional $150 million over President Donald Trump’s advance procurement budget request of $842.9 million to help boost the submarine supply base in advance of the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL SEEK $150 MILLION MORE TO HELP BOOST SUBMARINE SUPPLY BASE IN ADVANCE OF COLUMBIA-CLASS CONSTRUCTION SURGE

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed an amendment increasing sanctions on Russia that included three provisions authored by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) to counter Russian influence. By a vote of 97-2, the Senate amended an Iran sanctions bill to include provisions codifying President Barack Obama’s sanctions on... Read More about SENATE PASSES MURPHY MEASURES TO FIGHT RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA & ENERGY BULLYING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire at a GOP Congressional baseball practice. Murphy plays catcher on the Democratic Congressional baseball team. “My heart sank when I heard what happened this morning in Alexandria. We are all pulling for Congressman Scalise,... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SHOOTING AT GOP CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL PRACTICE

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 U.S. Senate voted on a bipartisan resolution Murphy introduced with U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) to block a portion of new weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in support of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT AFTER SENATE VOTE ON PROPOSED WEAPONS SALE TO SAUDI ARABIA

WASHINGTON – Ahead of an expected vote later today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged Congress to pass his bipartisan resolution to block a portion of new weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in support of their military campaign in Yemen. Murphy, who introduced the bill with... Read More about AHEAD OF VOTE, MURPHY URGES CONGRESS TO BLOCK PORTION OF WEAPONS SALE TO SAUDI ARABIA

WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: How the Drug Delivery System Affects What Patients Pay”, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Committee, berated Congressional Republicans for secretly trying to force a health... Read More about MURPHY: SECRET GOP HEALTH CARE BILL “A FRAUD” TO END INSURANCE FOR MILLIONS & “HAND ANOTHER BIG TAX BREAK” TO THE WEALTHY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and a group of senators on Monday in urging the U.S. Department of State to maintain economic and political engagement with Cuba. Upholding normalized relations with Cuba provides key economic... Read More about MURPHY JOINS GROUP OF SENATORS TO URGE STATE DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC & POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Elizabeth Esty (D-5) released the names of the Connecticut students who have been appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATON ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO SERVICE ACADEMIES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Thursday on former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee: “It’s hard to overstate the impact of Jim Comey’s testimony today. For the first time, under oath and penalty of perjury, the former FBI... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON FORMER FBI DIRECTOR COMEY’S TESTIMONY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and a bipartisan group of 36 other senators in calling for increased funding for the Impact Aid Program in the FY 2018 budget. In a letter to Chairman Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member... Read More about MURPHY JOINS BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS TO DEMAND INCREASED SCHOOL FUNDING FOR CHILDREN ON MILITARY BASES & NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS

WASHINGTON – After Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continued to defend her criticisms of East Hartford High School as an “adult day care”, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees, criticized DeVos for her plan to cut... Read More about MURPHY TO DEVOS: IF YOU CARED ABOUT EAST HARTFORD STUDENTS, “YOU WOULDN'T BE PROPOSING THESE MASSIVE CUTS”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday criticized Congressional Republicans’ American Health Care Act, which would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and middle-class tax credits to pay for massive tax breaks for the... Read More about MURPHY: GOP HEALTH CARE BILL INCREASES COSTS, CUTS CARE TO GIVE “A GIANT TAX CUT FOR THE WEALTHY”

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $450,000 in federal funding and technical assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to support brownfield sites in... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO, LARSON, HIMES, ESTY APPLAUD $450K IN BROWNFIELD FUNDING

WASHINGTON – After President Trump proposed to eliminate the National Sea Grant College Program from his FY 2018 budget, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, led a bipartisan group of 25 other senators in calling for the program to be funded – at a minimum – at its current... Read More about MURPHY LEADS BIPARTISAN GROUP OF 25 SENATORS IN DEMANDING ROBUST FUNDING FOR NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM