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

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that “allnex” of Wallingford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” The company develops and manufactures coating resins and additives for the architectural, automotive, consumer electronics, and packaging markets, as well as other... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WALLINGFORD MANUFACTURER, ALLNEX, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Friday marking June 2nd as National Gun Violence Awareness Day. People across the country are participating in the “Wear Orange” campaign today in honor of Hadiya Pendleton – a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed in 2013 just one week after... Read More about MURPHY MARKS “WEAR ORANGE,” NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, led a group of 22 other senators in calling for robust funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) – the only federal community... Read More about MURPHY LEADS 22 SENATORS IN REQUESTING ROBUST FUNDING FOR JOB-TRAINING TO HELP OLDER AMERICANS RETURN TO THE WORKFORCE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, released a statement on Thursday after President Trump announced that he will withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Climate Agreement is the... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP WITHDRAWAL FROM PARIS CLIMATE DEAL

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), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Jim Himes (CT-4) and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $3.9 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).  The... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES OVER $3.9 MILLION IN AMERICORPS FUNDING

WASHINGTON – 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) encouraged Connecticut communities and healthcare providers on Thursday to apply for assistance through the U.S. Department... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR OPIOID EPIDEMIC, ENCOURAGES CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES & HEALTH PROVIDERS TO APPLY

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Wednesday that Wesleyan University’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship (PCSE) is this month’s “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Founded in May 2011, the PCSE provides workshops, training, mentoring, and networking... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY’S PATRICELLI CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) wrote leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations subcommittee seeking repeal of the misguided and outdated mandate requiring the sale of Plum Island. “It is imperative the sale requirement be repealed for two... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, GILLIBRAND URGE APPROPRIATORS TO END OUTDATED MANDATE THREATENING PLUM ISLAND

HARTFORD – During a meeting in Meriden, Connecticut, with family caregivers, advocates, providers, and consumers of home care, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced the reintroduction of his Social Security Caregiver Credit Act – legislation that will create a Social Security Caregiver credit and provide modest retirement... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES SOCIAL SECURITY CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT TO PROVIDE RETIREMENT CREDIT TO FAMILY CAREGIVERS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Vice Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, sent a letter to Education Secretary DeVos to raise concerns about the Department of... Read More about MURPHY, BONAMICI CALL ON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN K-12 EDUCATION PLANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committees, led a group of 22 senators on Thursday in demanding that the FY 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill include $52.1 million for the... Read More about MURPHY LEADS EFFORT TO RESTORE MEDICARE PROGRAM ELIMINATED IN TRUMP’S BUDGET

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, laid out the facts of Congressional Republicans’ health care bill after the nonpartisan CBO released an updated analysis of the bill yesterday. Murphy emphasized that the American Health Care Act will... Read More about MURPHY LAYS OUT FACTS OF GOP’S HEALTH CARE BILL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) join Senate Democrats in sharing a report on Thursday laying out how President Trump’s FY 2018 budget proposal will gut funding from critical public health and safety, infrastructure, education, environmental, senior, and job training... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL SHARE REPORT OUTLINING HOW TRUMP’S BUDGET CUTS WILL HURT CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) introduced on Thursday a joint resolution of disapproval to force the U.S. Senate to vote on a resolution blocking a portion of new weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in... Read More about MURPHY, PAUL, FRANKEN DEMAND SENATE VOTE ON PROPOSED WEAPONS SALE TO SAUDI ARABIA

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, lambasted Congressional Republicans’ health care bill on Wednesday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an updated cost estimate. The new CBO report on the American Health Care... Read More about MURPHY: “THIS CBO SCORE JUST CONFIRMS THAT THE HOUSE REPEAL BILL IS STILL A HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE”

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation announced that Sikorsky has secured a $55 million federal contract from the U.S. Navy to begin purchasing necessary materials to prepare for production of the first CH-53K production helicopters, the U.S. Marine Corps’ new heavy-lift aircraft, to be built by Sikorsky in... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION ANNOUNCES $55 MILLION FIRST PROCUREMENT FUNDS FOR FIRST CH-53K PRODUCTION HELICOPTERS IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), co-author of the Mental Health Reform Act and member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, met with Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, the first nominee for the new position of Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at the U.S. Department of... Read More about MURPHY MEETS WITH FIRST-EVER NOMINEE FOR ASST. SECRETARY FOR MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement on Tuesday pledging to fight against President Trump’s harmful FY 2018 budget proposal. “If President Trump's budget ever became law, it would devastate Connecticut. It slashes funding Connecticut... Read More about MURPHY: TRUMP’S BUDGET “WOULD DEVASTATE CONNECTICUT”