WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on Friday after voting against the confirmation of Health and Human Services Secretary nominee U.S. Representative Tom Price (R-Ga.). Murphy pressed Price about his dangerous efforts... Read More about MURPHY OPPOSES CONFIRMATION OF TOM PRICE AS SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

WASHINGTON – After Yemen’s foreign minister called for a “reassessment” of U.S. counterterrorism operations following the deadly U.S. raid in Yemen last month that killed 36-year-old Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens and several civilians, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Rand Paul... Read More about MURPHY, PAUL, FRANKEN, LEE CALL ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE CONGRESS WITH CLASSIFIED BRIEFING ON YEMEN POLICY IN WAKE OF DEADLY RAID

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Wednesday after voting against the confirmation of Attorney General nominee U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). The Senate voted to confirm Sessions 52 to 47.   “Jeff Session's history of opposing civil rights, anti-gun violence measures, and immigration... Read More about MURPHY VOTES AGAINST CONFIRMING JEFF SESSIONS AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined twenty-nine Senators led by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) in demanding answers from a leading pharmaceutical company about the dramatic price hike for a life-saving medication used to respond to opioid overdoses. Recent reports unveiled that drug... Read More about BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY DEMAND ANSWERS ABOUT OUTRAGEOUS PRICE HIKE FOR LIFESAVING ANTI-OPIOID DRUG

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) criticized Senate Republicans early Wednesday morning for voting to silence U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) hours earlier for reading a letter by Coretta Scott King and for stifling debate on the nomination of U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for Attorney General. Key excerpts of... Read More about MURPHY TO REPUBLICANS: “WE ARE NOT GOING TO STOP”

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson drawing his attention to the recent hospitalization and possible poisoning of Russian... Read More about MURPHY, JOHNSON ASK SECRETARY OF STATE TILLERSON TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO VLADIMIR KARA-MURZA AND OTHER KREMLIN OPPONENTS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday after voting against confirming Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos. Early this morning, at 4am, Murphy spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate in opposition to... Read More about MURPHY OPPOSES CONFIRMATION OF EDUCATION SECRETARY NOMINEE BETSY DEVOS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that EB Manufacturing of Middletown is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” In 1977, Connecticut resident Ed Billings founded EB Manufacturing with just three machines in a 1,700 square-foot basement workspace. Over the years, EB Manufacturing... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS MIDDLETOWN MANUFACTURER, EB MANUFACTURING, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), respectively the current and former Ranking Members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, wrote to British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday expressing concern and disappointment over her decision to meet... Read More about MURPHY, SHAHEEN URGE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY TO “CHOOSE A MORE BALANCED,” BIPARTISAN RELATIONSHIP WITH U.S.

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to the American Bar Association urging approval of a proposed Connecticut Bar Association resolution on refugees, which reaffirms the moral imperative and long standing American tradition of extending a hand to those in need, regardless of... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, URGE THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TO APPROVE PROPOSED CONNECTICUT BAR ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION ON REGUFEES

WASHINGTON, DC)— U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 22 Senate Democrats, led by U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), in urging Senate leaders to defend the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Methane and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule, which protects air quality and prevents the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES URGE SENATE LEADERS TO PROTECT THE BLM RULE THAT PREVENTS NATURAL GAS WASTE, SAFEGUARDS HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

(Hartford, CT) – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Congressman John Larson (CT-1), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) issued the following statement today regarding the contract deal for the next batch of F-35 John Strike Fighters. “This is welcome news for... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, LARSON, DELAURO, COURTNEY STATEMENT ON F-35 CONTRACT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released the following statement after a U.S. judge temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries: “A few hours ago, I welcomed the reunited Kassar family from Syria to Connecticut. Seeing those two... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TEMPORARY BLOCK OF REFUGEE BAN

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter led by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) to President Donald Trump warning that repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with no replacement would pull the rug out from under local... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES TO TRUMP: DON’T PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER STATES FIGHTING OPIOID CRISIS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Fadi Kassar, a Milford resident from Syria, was reunited with his wife and two daughters, ages 5 and 8, on Thursday night after being separated from them for more than 2 years.  Despite securing approval to travel to the United States, Kassar’s... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON REUNION OF KASSAR FAMILY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, which includes U.S.-Russia policy, voted against the confirmation of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. Murphy has opposed Tillerson’s nomination and questioned Tillerson on... Read More about MURPHY VOTES AGAINST CONFIRMING REX TILLERSON AS SECRETARY OF STATE

WASHINGTON – The United States Navy on Wednesday awarded U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) with the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, the “highest form of public service recognition bestowed by the Department of the Navy to civilians who demonstrate outstanding service of substantial and long-term benefit to the Navy, Marine... Read More about MURPHY AWARDED NAVY’S DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement following President Donald Trump’s announcement of Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver as his nominee to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court: “I want a Supreme Court... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCEMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, on Tuesday condemned the increase in violence by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, which has claimed the lives of eight Ukrainian soldiers and wounded twenty-six since... Read More about MURPHY ON ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN UKRAINE: TRUMP NEEDS TO SHOW LEADERSHIP

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) demanded on Monday night that Congress take immediate action to block President Trump’s harmful restriction on refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority nations in Africa and the Middle East. Murphy told the story of Milford resident from Syria, Fadi Kassar, whom his office is... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON GOP TO JOIN HIM IN BLOCKING TRUMP’S HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDER ON REFUGEES