HARTFORD – After hearing from concerned Connecticut lobstermen, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a letter on Wednesday with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Joe Courtney (CT-2), and Jim Himes (CT-4) to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission urging them to include feedback... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO, COURTNEY, HIMES URGE NEW FEDERAL LOBSTER MANAGEMENT PLAN TO INCLUDE FEEDBACK FROM CONNECTICUT LOBSTERMEN

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced the bipartisan Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act has unanimously passed out of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and is now headed to the full Senate for a vote. Senator Gillibrand’s legislation would combine two... Read More about Bipartisan Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act Unanimously Passes Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, unveiled on Monday a radically different approach – called “Rethinking the Battlefield” – to ensure U.S. foreign affairs keeps up with the challenges America faces in a... Read More about WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: FOREIGN POLICY & NATIONAL SECURITY LEADERS PRAISE “RETHINKING THE BATTLEFIELD” – A 21ST CENTURY FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUDGET

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Flo-Tech of Middletown is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1992, Flo-Tech remanufactures and recycles laser printer toner cartridges, and provides printing products and support to customers in the legal, financial services,... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS MIDDLETOWN MANUFACTURER, FLO-TECH, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON — In the wake of a series of tragic rail accidents over the last several years, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies Subcommittee, led a group of senators in requesting new funding to make much-needed upgrades and... Read More about MURPHY LEADS SENATORS IN REQUESTING NEW FUNDING FOR RAIL SAFETY & IMPROVEMENTS

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations, delivered remarks on Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations to announce his new report, “Rethinking the Battlefield.” The report details how America’s smart power capabilities have fallen... Read More about MURPHY RELEASES “RETHINKING THE BATTLEFIELD” – A 21st CENTURY FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUDGET

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Friday after voting against Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court. One day after Senate Republicans changed Senate rules to end debate on Gorsuch’s nomination, the Senate voted to confirm Gorsuch in a... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON CONFIRMATION OF JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. air strike launched in Syria: "An ill-thought out military action with absolutely no overall strategy for Syria risks dragging us further into a civil war in which we cannot tip the... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON U.S. AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA

WASHINGTON – During National Retirement Planning Week, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) reintroduced their bipartisan legislation to help Americans plan in advance and ensure they do not outlive their retirement savings. Their Lifetime Income Disclosure Act, S.868, would require 401(k) plan sponsors to inform... Read More about MURPHY, ISAKSON REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO HELP AMERICANS PREPARE FOR RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and co-author of the recently-passed Mental Health Reform Act, and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) reintroduced their At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act on Thursday – legislation to ensure that children who... Read More about MURPHY, BOOKER REINTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT KIDS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Thursday after voting against invoking cloture on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to serve on the Supreme Court. The motion to invoke cloture failed by a vote of 55-45. Click here to view video of Murphy speaking on the... Read More about MURPHY: “GORSUCH HAS A DISTURBING RECORD OF PUTTING THE POWERFUL AHEAD OF THE POWERLESS.”

(Hartford, CT) – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today applauded news that the U.S. Department of Defense approved the Milestone C decision for the CH-53K, the official transition from the development to production phase for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new heavy-lift helicopter to be built by Sikorsky in Connecticut: “This... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION APPLAUDS MILESTONE C DECISION FOR PRODUCTION OF CH-53K HELICOPTER

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined by U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.-25), on Wednesday introduced their Supreme Court Ethics Act to require the United States Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics for Supreme Court justices. Unlike every other federal judge, Supreme Court... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SLAUGHTER INTRODUCE SUPREME COURT ETHICS BILL TO RESTORE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE NATION’S HIGHEST COURT

(Hartford, CT) – The Connecticut Congressional Delegation today applauded news that the U.S. Department of Defense approved the Milestone C decision for the CH-53K, the official transition from the development to production phase for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new heavy-lift helicopter to be built by Sikorsky in... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION APPLAUDS MILESTONE C DECISION FOR PRODUCTION OF CH-53K HELICOPTER

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, applauded passage of legislation extending the Veterans Choice Program. Originally created in 2014, the program allows veterans to access non-VA care when wait... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS EXTENSION OF VETERANS CHOICE PROGRAM

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday in response to reports that the Russian-backed Syrian regime – led by Bashar al-Assad – launched a chemical weapons attack in the Idlib province of Syria, which has left dozens of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON REPORTED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK IN SYRIA

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday in response to reports that the Russian-backed Syrian regime – led by Bashar al-Assad – launched a chemical weapons attack in the Idlib province of Syria, which has left dozens of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON REPORTED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK IN SYRIA

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in marking Equal Pay Day and reintroducing the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, JOIN MURRAY, DELAURO IN REINTRODUCING THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) in introducing legislation Monday to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for working families and to significantly reduce student debt. The... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN SANDERS IN BACKING COLLEGE FOR ALL

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Ashcroft of Stratford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Headquartered in Connecticut since 1880, Ashcroft today manufactures pressure and temperature instruments, such as mechanical gauges, digital indicators, transducers and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS STRATFORD MANUFACTURER, ASHCROFT, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”