WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee and the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)  joined a bipartisan group of more than three dozen U.S. Senators led by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) in support of robust... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS IN SUPPORT OF FULLY FUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET

Washington, D.C.) –U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-2) today joined more than 130 Members of Congress, led by Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), in sending a letter to Secretary of... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY, COLLEAGUES URGE SECRETARY DEVOS TO REINSTATE STUDENT LOAN PROTECTIONS

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a group of 17 senators, led by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), in calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to include a substantial increase in funds for the fight against the nation's... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN COALITION URGING LEADER MCCONNELL AND SPEAKER RYAN TO FOCUS ON FUNDING FOR OPIOID CRISIS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), joined 23 Senate Democrats in reintroducing the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation to classify “conversion therapy” as a fraudulent practice that would... Read More about FOLLOWING WIDESPREAD ANTI-LGBTQ PUSH UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, JOIN EFFORTS TO END DANGEROUS, FRADULENT “CONVERSION THERAPY”

HARTFORD – In celebration of Connecticut Export Week 2017, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Specialty Cable Corporation (SCC) of Wallingford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” SCC engineers and manufactures Mil-spec wire and cable products for the military and commercial... Read More about DURING CONNECTICUT EXPORT WEEK, MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WALLINGFORD MANUFACTURER, SPECIALTY CABLE CORPORATION, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), co-author of the Mental Health Reform Act and a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued a statement on Monday on the nomination of Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz to be Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use at the U.S. Department of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON FIRST EVER NOMINEE FOR ASST. SECRETARY FOR MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE USE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations, on Monday responded to reports that President Trump’s budget will gut assistance for developing countries and fold the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) into the Department of State. Earlier... Read More about MURPHY: TRUMP’S BUDGET WILL CREATE A MORE DANGEROUS WORLD

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump dismissed U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. Dr. Murthy, who was confirmed under President Obama in December 2014, was expected to serve until 2018. Dr.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP DEMANDING RESIGNATION OF SURGEON GENERAL DR. VIVEK MURTHY

Hartford, CT – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today announced a $5.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support Connecticut efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. The funding is the first of two rounds from the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama in... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES $5.5 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO COMBAT OPIOID CRISIS

WASHINGTON – Following reports that Congressional Republicans renewed their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement. “Last month, Republicans threw together a disaster of a bill that... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON DANGEROUS NEW REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE BILL

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined  23 Senate colleagues, led by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, in urging federal appropriators to include $154 million in federal funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Program in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget.... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, 23 SENATE COLLEAGUES URGE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO DESIGNATE $154 MILLION TO EPA BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 2018

WASHINGTON – In light of the Hungarian parliament’s recent legislative action that threatens to forcibly close the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation – led a... Read More about MURPHY LEADS BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS IN CALLING ON HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT TO PRESERVE ACADEMIC FREEDOM

HARTFORD — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who has led a consistent push in Congress to strengthen and improve Buy American laws and support U.S. manufacturing, released a statement on Tuesday after President Trump announced changes to enforcement of Buy American procurement laws. Earlier this year, Murphy called on President Trump to... Read More about TRUMP HEEDS MURPHY’S CALL WITH EXECUTIVE ACTION TO STRENGTHEN BUY AMERICAN RULES

HARTFORD – Ahead of the Trump administration’s scheduled announcement of a Buy American executive order and release of a plan outlining how they will procure materials for the construction of U.S. pipelines and infrastructure, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – author of the American Jobs Matter Act – called on the... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO KEEP “BUY AMERICAN” PROMISE & USE AMERICAN-MADE PRODUCTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE

HARTFORD — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, on Monday released a statement on the apparent passage of a constitutional referendum in Turkey to grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broad new powers.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF TURKISH REFERENDUM

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Beta Shim of Shelton is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded by John McCue in 1975, Beta Shim is a family-owned and operated manufacturer of machined aerospace components. The Shelton manufacturer provides metal stamping and forming... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS SHELTON MANUFACTURER, BETA SHIM, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Thursday after Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced he is not seeking a third term “Dan Malloy has steered our state through good and bad times. Under his leadership, our state has been at the forefront of ensuring workers earn a living wage, providing... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON GOVERNOR MALLOY

HARTFORD – After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deceptively suggested they were local police to try to detain a woman in Hartford, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a letter on Thursday, signed by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa... Read More about CT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO DHS SECRETARY KELLY: DON’T LET ICE AGENTS PORTRAY THEMSELVES AS LOCAL POLICE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Thursday announced new legislation to limit U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s military campaign in Yemen, which has led to thousands of civilian casualties and a security vacuum that has empowered our terrorist enemies,... Read More about MURPHY, PAUL, DURBIN, FRANKEN ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO SET NEW CONDITIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY SUPPORT TO SAUDI ARABIA

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) stood with Connecticut manufacturers on Wednesday and announced the reintroduction of his American Jobs Matter Act ­– legislation to protect and grow manufacturing jobs in Connecticut. Murphy's bill would require the Department of Defense (DoD), for the first time, to take into account... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES AMERICAN JOBS MATTER ACT TO PROTECT & GROW MANUFACTURING JOBS IN CONNECTICUT