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”

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 Thursday after President Trump signed an executive order that will drive up health care costs, cause insurers to flee health care marketplaces, and worsen the number and quality of health care... Read More about MURPHY: HEALTH CARE “EXECUTIVE ORDER IS A CRUEL, BACKDOOR WAY TO STRIP HEALTH BENEFITS FROM CONNECTICUT FAMILIES”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led 24 of their colleagues, including U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, in urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to renew a recently-lapsed funding opportunity for gun violence research, which was initially... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, CORTEZ MASTO LEAD COLLEAGUES IN URGING NIH TO RENEW FUNDING FOR FIREARM VIOLENCE RESEARCH

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) called on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long to take all action necessary to ensure that medical oxygen is available to patients and providers in Puerto Rico who require it. As Puerto Rico continues to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL & SCHUMER CALL ON FEMA TO PRIORITIZE MEDICAL OXYGEN AVAILABILITY

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released a statement on Friday condemning the Trump administration for rolling back the federal requirement that health insurance plans cover birth control. The Trump administration announced overly broad... Read More about MURPHY CONDEMNS TRUMP’S ROLLBACK OF FREE BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE

WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on “The Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis” on Thursday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) questioned Director Debra Houry, M.D., MPH of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and... Read More about MURPHY: THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO GET WORSE

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation to close a current loophole that allows gun sales to proceed if a background check is not completed after 72 hours, even if the gun buyer is not legally allowed to purchase a gun. The gap in existing law has... Read More about SENATORS INTRODUCE “NO CHECK, NO SALE” BILL TO CLOSE LOOPHOLE ALLOWING GUN SALES WITHOUT A COMPLETED BACKGROUND CHECK

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.) commended the Senate for passing S.Res.284, which designates October 2017 as National Dyslexia Awareness Month. The goal of this resolution is to further educate Congress, schools, and state and local education agencies on the unique challenges students with... Read More about MURPHY, CASSIDY “NATIONAL DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH” RESOLUTION PASSES SENATE

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced legislation – the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act – to ensure that the victims of gun violence are allowed to have their day in court and that the gun industry –... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL & SCHIFF INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO GIVE GUN VICTIMS THEIR DAY IN COURT AND END GUN INDUSTRY’S LIABILITY SHIELD

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) today introducing the Automatic Gun Fire Prevention Act, a bill to close a loophole that allows semi-automatic weapons to be easily modified to fire at the rate of automatic weapons, which have been illegal for more... Read More about MURPHY & BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE BILL TO CLOSE AUTOMATIC WEAPON LOOPHOLE