WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and  Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today led a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense asking them to protect funding for the Ohio Replacement Program (ORP) during the Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations process. If the Department of Defense is... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL LEAD GROUP OF SENATORS CALLING ON DEFENSE APPROPRIATORS TO SECURE PROCUREMENT FUNDING FOR OHIO REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Friday called on Congress to take immediate action to combat the heroin and prescription drug crisis in the wake of the U.S. Surgeon General’s new report “Facing Addiction in America.” Murphy... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS MENTAL HEALTH BILL, NEW FUNDING TO FIGHT OPIOID ADDICTION CRISIS IN LAME DUCK

WASHINGTON, D.C.] – After the Department of Education released comprehensive new data showing that students who enroll in for-profit career college programs face lower wages and fewer job prospects than students at public institutions – even as for-profit students take on much higher student debt – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal... Read More about MURPHY & BLUMENTHAL: GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT RULE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE NECESSARY

(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today joined Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and Representative Adam Schiff (all D-Calif.) in introducing legislation to permanently halt efforts to claw back reenlistment bonuses and benefits paid to National Guard service members a decade... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO HALT CLAW BACK OF NATIONAL GUARD BONUSES

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (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 Wednesday applauded over $600,000 in federal Long Island Sound Futures Fund grants to eleven community conservation projects... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION APPLAUDS FEDERAL EPA GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PROTECT LONG ISLAND SOUND

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday applauded the U.S. Department of Justice’s final recommendations to help advance the use of smart gun technology. The report incorporated feedback from law enforcement and community leaders to recommend baseline technology... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD U.S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT ADVANCING SMART GUN TECHNOLOGY

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)  on Friday released the following statement to mark Veterans Day. “Today we put aside our differences and our anxiety about the world around us to thank the men and women who have sacrificed so much for this great nation. It is to their service that we owe our freedom. For that, I am eternally... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON VETERANS DAY

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that General Digital of South Windsor is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” General Digital manufactures display monitors for all branches of the U.S. military and defense contractors like General Dynamics, Electric Boat, Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH WINDSOR MANUFACTURER, GENERAL DIGITAL, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement today in support of a final decision designating a dredged material disposal site in the Eastern Long Island Sound. “This decision appropriately balances vital economic and sensitive environmental needs— allowing dredging to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF EPA DREDGING DECISION FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (CT-2) on Thursday applauded a U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant awarded to Cato Corner Farm in Colchester. The $250,000 Value-Added Producer Grant will be used to expand Cato’s existing... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY APPLAUD FEDERAL USDA GRANT FOR CATO CORNER FARM IN COLCHESTER

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced today four USDA Rural Energy for America grants for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments at farms in Lebanon, Easton, Litchfield and New... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY, HIMES, ESTY ANNOUNCE FEDERAL ENERGY GRANTS FOR FARMS IN LEBANON, EASTON, LITCHFIELD, NEW CANAAN

In a letter sent to the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 14 U.S. Senators in requesting additional information about the company’s recent EpiPen Auto-Injector (EpiPen) price increases and how Mylan’s pricing strategy affects consumers, taxpayers, and... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SENATORS HAVE NEW QUESTIONS FOR MYLAN ABOUT EPIPEN PRICE HIKE, PRICING STRATEGY

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) today released a statement applauding news that the U.S. Department of the Interior has designated the James Merrill House in Stonington and the Steward’s House Foreign Mission School in Cornwall as... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY, ESTY STATEMENT REGARDING DESIGNATION OF STONINGTON AND CORNWALL SITES AS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined a bipartisan group of 30 senators led by U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in asking U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to restore bonuses and benefits incorrectly awarded to National Guard soldiers through no fault of... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS URGING DOD TO RESTORE GUARD BONUSES

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Magnatech of East Granby is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Magnatech manufactures portable pipe and tube welding tools for on-site welding. The company employs 46 employees at their 24,000 square foot facility located in Bradley... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS EAST GRANBY MANUFACTURER, MAGNATECH, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, welcomed the U.S. Department of Education’s announcements to protect student borrowers from predatory practices and restore Pell Grant eligibility for students whose institutions closed. Murphy, who in August... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS EDUCATION DEPT. RULES TO PROTECT STUDENTS BORROWERS, RESTORE PELL GRANTS

HARTFORD – After hearing directly from more than a thousand Connecticut commuters about why they’re “fed up” with the dire state of Connecticut’s roads and rail lines, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released his “Fed Up” report on New Haven. Murphy first launched his “Fed Up”... Read More about MURPHY RELEASES NEW HAVEN “FED UP” REPORT

HARTFORD – 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, on Thursday welcomed newly announced actions by President Barack Obama’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Task Force. In July, Murphy led 17... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON NEW ACTIONS FROM WHITE HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE PARITY TASK FORCE

Hartford, CT—Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) announced $45,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund community projects addressing environmental and public health issues in Stamford and Bridgeport through the 2016 Healthy Communities Grant... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HIMES ANNOUNCE $45,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH PROJECTS IN STAMFORD AND BRIDGEPORT

WASHINGTON — As Connecticut and the nation continue to be ravaged by the growing opioid and heroin addiction epidemic, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday applauded a new mobile app MATx produced by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to assist doctors with medication-assisted treatment... Read More about MURPHY URGES CONNECTICUT DOCTORS TO DOWNLOAD NEW MOBILE APP TO HELP WITH MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION